In this Burmese name, the given name is Thein Sein. There is no family name.
His Excellency Agga Maha Thray Sithu Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma
Thein Sein
သိန်းစိန်
Thein Sein in 2013
8th President of Myanmar
In office 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
Vice President
Tin Aung Myint Oo Sai Mauk Kham Nyan Tun
Preceded by
Than Shwe (Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council)
Succeeded by
Htin Kyaw
Prime Minister of Myanmar
In office 12 October 2007 – 30 March 2011[1] Acting: April 2007 – 12 October 2007
Leader
Than Shwe
Preceded by
Soe Win
Succeeded by
Min Aung Hlaing (2021)
Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office 19 October 2004 – 12 October 2007
Preceded by
Soe Win
Succeeded by
Tin Aung Myint Oo
Secretary 2 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office 25 August 2003 – 19 October 2004
Preceded by
Soe Win
Succeeded by
Tin Aung Myint Oo
Member of Parliament for Zabuthiri
In office 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Sanda Min
Majority
65,620 (91.2%)
Personal details
Born
(1944-04-20) 20 April 1944 (age 80) Kyounku, Burma (now Myanmar)
Political party
Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010–2016)
Spouse
Khin Khin Win
Children
3
Alma mater
Defence Services Academy
Cabinet
Thein Sein's Cabinet
Military service
Allegiance
Myanmar
Branch/service
Myanmar Army
Years of service
1968–2010
Rank
General
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Thein Sein (Burmese: သိန်းစိန်; IPA: [θéɪɰ̃sèɪɰ̃]; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese former politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2011, and was considered by many in and outside Myanmar as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.[2]
His government undertook a series of political reforms including some deregulation of the country's censored media, releasing many political prisoners and halting the country's controversial large Chinese-led hydro-power project. The developments that followed included Myanmar's appointment to chair ASEAN in 2014, improved relations with the US, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – his 2015 general election rival – from house arrest, and the reinstatement of major opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) in the by-election held on 1 April 2012.[3]
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