Khin Yi

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Khin Yi
ခင်ရီ
U-Khin-Yi.gif
Union Minister of Ministry of Immigration and Population
Assumed office
1 August 2021[1]
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byMyint Kyaing
In office
30 March 2011 – 12 August 2015[2]
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byMg Oo
Succeeded byKo Ko
Chief of the Myanmar Police Force
In office
30 April 2002 – 30 March 2011
Preceded bySoe Win
Succeeded byZaw Win
Vice-Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
Assumed office
31 Dec 2019
Personal details
Born (1952-12-29) 29 December 1952 (age 69)
Myaungmya, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
Spouse(s)Khin May Soe
Alma materDefense Service Acedamy
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service-2010
RankBrigadier General Tatmadaw.gif Brigadier General

Khin Yi (Burmese: ခင်ရီ) is a Burmese politician current Union Minister for Immigration and Population of Myanmar (Burma).[3] He previously served as the Chief of the Myanmar Police Force and is a retired Brigadier General. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party.[3]

Career[]

He was ordered the bloody crackdown on protesters at the Saffron Revolution, later became Immigration Minister in Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government and again in the military junta Min Aung Hlaing's cabinet.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ကော်မတီကို အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ အဖြစ် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်း" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "Top ministers resign". Eleven. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ "Junta Watch: Coup Leader's Wife Draws Public Ire; Suu Kyi's New Charge and More". The Irrawaddy. 4 December 2021.
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