Wunna Maung Lwin

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In this Burmese name, the given name is Wunna Maung Lwin. There is no family name.
Wunna Maung Lwin
ဝဏ္ဏမောင်လွင်
Secretary Kerry Poses for a Photo With Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin Before Their Meeting in New York City (21700838510) (cropped).jpg
19th and 21st Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
1 February 2021
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
SAC Chairman and Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byAung San Suu Kyi
In office
30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byNyan Win
Succeeded byAung San Suu Kyi
Permanent Representative to the United Nations[1]
In office
2007 – 30 March 2011
LeaderThan Shwe
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born30 May 1952 (1952-05-30) (age 69)
Thaton, Mon State, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUSDP (2010–2016)
Spouse(s)Lin Lin Tin
ChildrenTin Thitsar Lwin
Lin Marlar Lwin
Lin Min Aung Lwin
Parent(s) (father)
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Methodist English High School
CabinetMin Aung Hlaing's military cabinet
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
Branch/service Myanmar Army
Years of service1971–1998
RankColonel Tatmadaw.gif Colonel

Wunna Maung Lwin (Burmese: ဝဏ္ဏမောင်လွင်; born 30 May 1952,[2]) is a Burmese politician and incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed by the State Administration Council after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[3] He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2011 to March 2016. He is a retired colonel in the Myanmar Army.

Early life and education[]

Wunna Maung Lwin was born in Thaton, Mon State on 30 May 1954.[4] He graduated from the 16th intake of the Defence Services Academy in 1971.[2]

Career[]

He joined the Myanmar Diplomatic service in 2000, after a long career in the Myanmar Armed Forces from 1971 to 1998. Before he holds the current position, he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Border Affairs (Myanmar) from July 1998 to September 2000, from 2000 to 2001, France from 2001 to 2004, Belgium and EU from 2004 to 2007 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2007 to 2011.

Foreign Minister[]

He served as the 19th Foreign Minister of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. Thein Sein appointed him in his cabinet. Later he became the CEC member of USDP. In the 2020 general election, he lost to his opponent from NLD, Kyaw Htwe.[5]

But after 2021 coup, Min Aung Hlaing appointed him as Foreign Minister. On 24 February, Wunna Maung Lwin met with Thailand Foreign Minister, Don Pramudwinai and Indonesia Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi in Thailand. He also met with Thailand Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha. This was the first foreign trip of the military cabinet member.[6][7]

Personal life[]

Wunna Maung Lwin is married to Lin Lin Tin, the youngest daughter of Thakhin Ba Tin, a member of the Dobama Asiayone. He has three children, Tin Thitsa Lwin, Lin Marlar Lwin, and Lin Min Aung Lwin.

References[]

  • Wai Moe (13 July 2011). "Wunna Maung Lwin: Military Commander to Foreign Minister". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  1. ^ "Burma Issues and Concerns: Locked In, Tied Up: Burma's Disciplined Democracy". 7. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. April 2011: 14. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Cabinet Ministers". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Myanmar coup: who are the military figures running the country?". The Guardian. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ "BIOGRAPHY: U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN (PROPOSED AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON)". WikiLeaks. 2005-01-28.
  5. ^ "ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ၏ ဆန္ဒမဲရရှိမှုအခြေအနေ" (PDF). Union Election Commission (in Burmese).
  6. ^ "အင်ဒိုနိုင်ငံခြားရေး၀န်ကြီး နဲ့ ဦး၀ဏ္ဏမောင်လွင် ဘန်ကောက်မှာတွေ့" (in Burmese).
  7. ^ "ထိုင်းဝန်ကြီးချုပ် မြန်မာစစ်ကောင်စီ နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးကို လက်ခံတွေ့ဆုံ" (in Burmese).
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2011–2016 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2021-present 		Incumbent
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