Soe Thein (Burmese: စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma), also spelt Soe Thane, served as Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) between 2011 and 2016 and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar (Burma) in 2010-2012 [2] He previously served as the Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Navy and is a retired Vice Admiral.[2][3] 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 | |
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စိုးသိန်း | |
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| Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar | |
| Assumed office 27 August 2012[1] | |
| Preceded by | Position 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 by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Tin Tin Yi (NLD) |
| Constituency | Kyunsu Township |
| Majority | Ran unopposed |
| Amyotha Hluttaw MP | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Kayah State № 9 |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy | |
| In office ? – June 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1949 Rangoon, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent |
| Spouse | Khin Aye Kyin |
| Children | Aye Chan Yimon Aye Thida Aye |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Navy |
| Years of service | -2010 |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
Soe Thein has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.[4] He won that constituency both times.
Personal life
editSoe Thein is married to Khin Aye Kyin, also called Aye Aye.[5] He has one son, Aye Chan (b. 1973), and 2 daughters, Yimon Aye (b. 1980) and Thida Aye (b. 1979).[5] Thida Aye is a director at the Singaporean investment firm Dymon Asia, while Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an e-commerce site called RGO47.[6] Yimon Aye is an assistant professor of chemistry at EPFL.[7]
References
edit- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ ပြောင်းလဲတာဝန်ပေးခြင်း" (in Burmese). ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Kyaw, Aye Thida (26 February 2012). "Singapore hints at increased role". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
- ^ "USDP's Soe Thein, ex-minister accused of buying votes in 2015, wins re-election in Kayah state". myanmar-now.org. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Council Decision 2012/98/CFSP of 17 February 2012 amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar". Official Journal of the European Union. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုးကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း ဝန်ကြီးဟောင်းများပိုင်ဆိုင်သည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများ". Myanmar NOW (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ^ "Prof Yimon AYE". EPFL. Retrieved 2022-02-17.