Win Shein

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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

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

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[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

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. ^ a b "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. ^ His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni - News
  6. ^ "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  7. ^ Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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