Soe Win ( my, စိုးဝင်း ; born 13 December 1938) is the former Minister for Planning and Finance of Myanmar (Burma). He is a financial professional and previously served as the managing partner of

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in Myanmar.

Early life and education

Soe Win was born in

Moulmein Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; th, เมาะลำเลิง ; mnw, မတ်မလီု, ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' south east of Yangon and south of Thaton, at th ...

, British Burma (now Mawlamyaing, Myanmar) on 13 December 1938 to parents U Tin and Daw Ngwe Pwint. He possesses BA, LLB and DMA qualifications. He is married to Mar Mar Swe.

Career

Soe Win entered the banking trade in 1961, joining a state-owned commercial bank as Deputy Manager in 1961. He was appointed as the Deputy Controller of Foreign Exchange (Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank) in 1990 and as General Manager in 1993. He serves on the board of Renaissance Institute, a Myanmar-based

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. He subsequently founded Myanmar Vigour in 2003, which became a member firm of Deloitte in 2015. He specializes in Myanmar taxation, investment laws and banking. After Kyaw Win's resignation as the incumbent Minister of Planning and Finance during a corruption investigation, Soe Win was nominated by President Win Myint as the successor on 29 May 2018. In the aftermath of the military-led

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, the Myanmar Armed Forces appointed Win Shein as Soe Win's successor on 1 February 2021. Soe Win was placed under house arrest by the Myanmar Armed Forces.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Win, Soe 1938 births Living people Finance ministers of Myanmar Government ministers of Myanmar People from Mon State Burmese Buddhists People from Mawlamyine