Wai Lwin | |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Order: | Minister of Defence |
Term Start: | September 2012 |
Term End: | 13 August 2015[1] |
Predecessor: | Hla Min |
Successor: | Sein Win |
Order2: | Member of Yangon Region Hluttaw |
Term Start2: | 12 July 2012 |
Term End2: | September 2012 |
Party: | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1954 |
Birth Place: | Kyaunggon, Burma |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Spouse: | Swe Swe Oo |
Children: | Wai Phyo Aung, Wai Phyo, Lwin Yamin |
Alma Mater: | Defence Services Academy |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Wai Lwin (Burmese: ဝေလွင်) is a retired senior Myanmar Army officer, who served as the Minister of Defence from September 2012 to 13 August 2015.[2] He previously served as a military representative of Yangon Region Hluttaw. He is the Central Executive Committee member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party.
Wai Lwin was born on 4 November 1954 in Kyaunggon, Ayeyarwady Region.He graduated in 1976 from the 16th intake of the Defence Services Academy.[2] He served as a former deputy commander of Yangon Region from 2003 to 2006 and as military commander of the Naypyidaw region from May 2006 to July 2012.[2] [3] In July 2012, he was appointed into the Yangon Region Hluttaw to replace Captain Lin Lin Kyaw, becoming the highest-ranked military member serving in a regional parliament.[3]
He was on the EU blacklist from December 2003 until May 2012.[2] [4] Wai Lwin was temporarily suspended in August 2011 for suspicions of corruption and is a close associate of Than Shwe, former chairman of the State Peace and Development Council.[2]
Wai Lwin is married to Swe Swe Oo, and the couple have children, namely Wai Phyo Aung, Wai Phyo, and Lwin Yamin.[4]