Major General Zaw Hein ( my, ဇော်ဟိန်း, born 1974-1975) is a former Burmese military officer and current commander of the Yangon Command.
Military career
Zaw Hein graduated from the 38th batch of the
Defence Services Academy
The Defence Services Academy ( my, စစ်တက္ကသိုလ်, ) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence ...
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He was appointed commander of the Naypyidaw Command on 25 August 2021.
In March 2022, he was sanctioned by the American government for committing military atrocities and abuses in the aftermath of the
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
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In April 2023, he was reshuffled to lead the Yangon Command.
He was succeeded by Wai Lin as the Commander of the Naypyidaw Command.
Personal life
Zaw Hein's father,
Thein Aung
Thein Aung ( my, သိန်းအောင်) was the Chief Minister of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He is a former brigadier-general in the Myanmar Army and was a member of the ruling military junta, the State Peace and De ...
, is a former
brigadier general and
chief minister of Ayeyarwady Region.
See also
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2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
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State Administration Council
The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Com ...
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Tatmadaw
References
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Living people
Burmese generals
Defence Services Academy alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)