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 (age 74)
Rangoon, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent
SpouseKhin Aye Kyin
ChildrenAye Chan
Yimon Aye
Thida Aye
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Navy
Years of service-2010
RankVice-Admiral

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 has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.[4] He won that constituency both times.

Personal life

Soe 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

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Kyaw, Aye Thida (26 February 2012). "Singapore hints at increased role". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုးကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း ဝန်ကြီးဟောင်းများပိုင်ဆိုင်သည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများ". Myanmar NOW (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  7. ^ "Prof Yimon AYE". EPFL. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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