Win Shein

Win Shein (Burmese: ဝင်းရှိန်) is a former military officer and the incumbent Minister for Finance.

Win Shein
ဝင်းရှိန်
Minister for Finance and Revenue
Assumed office
1 February 2021
PresidentMyint Swe
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded bySoe Win
In office
7 September 2012 – 30 March 2016
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byHla Tun
Succeeded byKyaw Win
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue
In office
July 2012 – September 2012
PresidentThein Sein
Deputy Minister for Transportation
In office
March 2011 – July 2012
PresidentThein Sein
Personal details
BornBurma
NationalityBurmese
CabinetMin Aung Hlaing's military cabinet
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Navy
Years of service- 2010
RankCommodore

Career

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 an Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia 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.[5]

He also served as a Commodore, as part of the Myanmar Navy's Naval Training Headquarters.[3]

Personal life

Win Shein's father, San Shein, was formerly a member of the Burma Socialist Programme Party's central executive committee.[6]

References
  1. "Politics/ Inside Burma". Shan Herald Agency for News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. "Myanmar government reshuffled". The Nation. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. "Cabinet". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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