Win Shein
Win Shein | |
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ဝင်းရှိန် | |
Minister for Finance and Revenue | |
Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
President | Myint Swe (acting) |
Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
Preceded by | Soe Win |
In office 7 September 2012 – 30 March 2016 | |
President | Thein Sein |
Preceded by | Hla Tun |
Succeeded by | Kyaw Win |
Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar | |
Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
President | Myint Swe (acting) |
Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue | |
In office July 2012 – September 2012 | |
President | Thein Sein |
Deputy Minister for Transportation | |
In office March 2011 – July 2012 | |
President | Thein Sein |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 August 1958 Mandalay, Burma | (age 66)
Nationality | Burmese |
Cabinet | Min Aung Hlaing's military cabinet |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Myanmar |
Branch/service | Myanmar Navy |
Years of service | - 2010 |
Rank | Commodore |
Win Shein (Burmese: ဝင်းရှိန်; born 1 August 1958 in Mandalay) is a former military officer and the incumbent Minister for Finance.
Career
[edit]From May 2013 to May 2014, he also served as chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission.[1] Win Shein previously served as a Deputy Minister of Transportation from March 2011 to July 2012.[2][3] He was Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue from July to September 2012.[4] He was a Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia[5] and was also nominated as Ambassador to France just before he was appointed as Deputy Minister. In the aftermath of the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Myanmar Armed Forces appointed Win Shein as the Minister for Finance effective 1 February 2021.[6]
He also served as a Commodore, as part of the Myanmar Navy's Naval Training Headquarters.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Win Shein's father, San Shein, was formerly a member of the Burma Socialist Programme Party's central executive committee.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Politics/ Inside Burma". Shan Herald Agency for News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Myanmar government reshuffled". The Nation. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Burma: Comparison of New Government Officials with the Council of the European Union List of Sanctioned Regime Members". Global Justice Center. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Cabinet". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni - News
- ^ "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 July 2015.