Soe Thein

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
စိုးသိန်း
Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2012[1] Serving with Thein Nyunt, Soe Maung, Aung Min, Hla Tun and Tin Naing Thein
Preceded by	Position 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 by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tin Tin Yi (NLD)
Constituency	Kyunsu Township
Majority	Ran unopposed
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Constituency	Kayah State № 9
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy
In office ? – June 2008
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-07) 7 September 1949 (age 75) Rangoon, Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent
Spouse	Khin Aye Kyin
Children	Aye Chan Yimon Aye Thida Aye
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Navy
Years of service	-2010
Rank	Vice-Admiral

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. 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. "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.