Soe Thein

Soe Thein (Burmese: စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma[2]) is the incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar (Burma).[3] He previously served as the Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Navy and is a retired Vice Admiral.[3][4] After Ministry 1 and 2 have been combined, he was served as Minister for Industry. He also served as the Chairman of Myanmar Investment Commission from 2010-2013.

Soe Thein
စိုးသိန်း
Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar
Assumed office
27 August 2012[1]
Preceded byPosition established
Minister for Industry 2 of Myanmar
In office
June 2008 – 27 August 2012
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTin Tin Yi (NLD)
ConstituencyKyunsu Township
MajorityRan unopposed
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
Assumed office
1 February 2016
ConstituencyKayah State № 9
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy
In office
? – June 2008
Personal details
Born (1949-09-07) 7 September 1949
Rangoon, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent
Spouse(s)Khin Aye Kyin[2]
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Navy
Years of service-2010
RankVice-Admiral

He is currently an MP in the lower house, representing the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). [5] The military-backed party, the USDP, performed poorly in the November 2020 general election.[6] As a result, the party supports the bloody junta coup that killed hundreds of innocent civilians, including young children. [7] Soe Thein has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.[8] He won that constituency both times. His son, Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an E-commerce site called RGO47.[9]

References
  1. "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ ပြောင်းလဲတာဝန်ပေးခြင်း" (in Burmese). ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "COUNCIL DECISION 2012/98/CFSP". Official Journal of the European Union. 18 February 2012.
  3. Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Kyaw, Aye Thida (26 February 2012). "Singapore hints at increased role". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  5. "USDP's Soe Thein, ex-minister accused of buying votes in 2015, wins re-election in Kayah state".
  6. "Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control". BBC News. February 2021.
  7. "75 children killed, 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup: UN experts".
  8. "USDP's Soe Thein, ex-minister accused of buying votes in 2015, wins re-election in Kayah state".
  9. "ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုးကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း ဝန်ကြီးဟောင်းများပိုင်ဆိုင်သည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများ". Myanmar NOW (in Burmese). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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