Win Shein | |
|---|---|
ဝင်းရှိန် | |
| Minister for Finance and Revenue | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Soe Win |
| In office 7 September 2012 – 30 March 2016 | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Preceded by | Hla Tun |
| Succeeded by | Kyaw Win |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar | |
| In office 1 February 2023 – 31 July 2025 | |
| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue | |
| In office July 2012 – September 2012 | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Deputy Minister for Transportation | |
| In office March 2011 – July 2012 | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1958 (1958-08) (age 67) |
| Cabinet | Min Aung Hlaing's military cabinet |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Navy |
Years of service | - 2010 |
| Rank | Commodore |
Win Shein (Burmese: ဝင်းရှိန်; born 1 August 1958 in Mandalay) is a former military officer and the incumbent Minister for Finance of Myanmar.
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 2012.23 He was Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue from July to September 2012.4 He was a Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia5 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
References
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- "Myanmar government reshuffled". The Nation. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "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.
- "Cabinet". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni - News". www.norodomsihamoni.org. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.