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Burmese politician (born 1958)

Win Shein
ဝင်းရှိန်
Minister for Finance and Revenue
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2021
President Myint Swe (acting)
Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing
Preceded by Soe Win
In office7 September 2012 – 30 March 2016
President Thein Sein
Preceded by Hla Tun
Succeeded by Kyaw Win
Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023Serving with Soe Win, Tin Aung San, Mya Tun Oo, and Than Swe
President Myint Swe (acting)
Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue
In officeJuly 2012 – September 2012
President Thein Sein
Deputy Minister for Transportation
In officeMarch 2011 – July 2012
President Thein Sein
Personal details
Born 1 August 1958 (1958-08) (age 66)Mandalay, Burma
Nationality Burmese
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.

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 a 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]

Win Shein's father, San Shein, was formerly a member of the Burma Socialist Programme Party's central executive committee.[7]

  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.