Win Shein
Win Shein | |
|---|---|
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 | 31 July 1957(age66) Mandalay,Burma |
| 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 31 July 1957 in Mandalay[1]) is a former military officer and the incumbentMinister for Finance.
Career[edit]
From May 2013 to May 2014, he also served as chairman of theMyanmar Investment Commission.[2]Win Shein previously served as a Deputy Minister of Transportation from March 2011 to July 2012.[3][4]He was Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue from July to September 2012.[5]He was an Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia[6]and was also nominated as Ambassador to France just before he was appointed as Deputy Minister. In the aftermath of the military-led2021 Myanmar coup d'état,the Myanmar Armed Forces appointed Win Shein as theMinister for Financeeffective 1 February 2021.[7]
He also served as aCommodore,as part of theMyanmar Navy's Naval Training Headquarters.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Win Shein's father, San Shein, was formerly a member of theBurma Socialist Programme Party's central executive committee.[8]
References[edit]
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- ^"Tatmadaw names new govt officials".The Myanmar Times.2021-02-01.Retrieved2021-02-01.
- ^Zay Thu (27 August 2014)."ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား".Tomorrow(in Burmese).Retrieved9 July2015.
