Lieutenant General Thet Naing Win ( my, သက်နိုင်ဝင်း) is a

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

in the Myanmar Army. He was the Minister of Border Affairs, having been appointed by Thein Sein in February 2013, to replace

Thein Htay Thein Htay ( my, သိန်းဌေး) was the former Minister for Border Affairs and Minister for Industrial Development of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require in ...

, who returned to the

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Early life

Thet Naing Win was born on 22 July 1955 in Maubin,

Irrawaddy Division Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

, Burma. After obtaining a

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degree in Chemistry from the University of Mawlamyine, he joined and attended OTS intake 56. He later earned a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree in defence too.

Career

Thet Naing Win served as the chief of the Defense Ministry's Bureau of Special Operations from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he was commander of the Southeastern Regional Command (

Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...

) in the 2000s. Thet Naing Win on August 23 was elected General Secretary of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, preceded by

Tin Naing Thein Tin Naing Thein ( my, တင်နိုင်သိန်း, born 1955) is the former Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development and Minister for Livestock and Fisheries. He is a retir ...

, former Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and retired brigadier general. replacing former president Thein Sein.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thet Naing Win Living people Government ministers of Myanmar 1955 births People from Ayeyarwady Region Burmese military personnel Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians