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Win Shein

Win Shein

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In this Burmese name, the given name is Win Shein. There is no family name.

Win Shein (Burmese: ဝင်းရှိန်; born 31 July 1957 in Mandalay[1]) is a former military officer and the incumbent Minister for Finance.

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Career

From May 2013 to May 2014, he also served as chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission.[2] Win Shein previously served as a Deputy Minister of Transportation from March 2011 to July 2012.[3][4] He was Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue from July to September 2012.[5] He was an Myanmar Ambassador to Cambodia[6] 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.[7]

He also served as a Commodore, as part of the Myanmar Navy's Naval Training Headquarters.[4]

Personal life

Win Shein's father, San Shein, was formerly a member of the Burma Socialist Programme Party's central executive committee.[8]

References

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    "Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
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    "Politics/ Inside Burma". Shan Herald Agency for News. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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    "Myanmar government reshuffled". The Nation. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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    "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.
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    "Cabinet". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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    His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni - News
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    "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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    Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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