Win Thein (ဝင်းသိန်း; b. ) is an engineer and a former chief minister of

Bago Region Bago Region (, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to ...

, appointed by president

Htin Kyaw Htin Kyaw (, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the office with no ties to the military since ...

in 2016.

Early life and education

Win Thein graduated with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and an AGTI diploma. Before becoming a politician for

Yedashe Township Yedashe Township is a township of Taungoo District in Bago Region, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southea ...

, he worked as a farmer.

Career

Win Thein was appointed as Chief Minister of

on 30 March 2016 by President

. In October 2019, he apologized for controversial remarks encouraging villagers to marry schoolteachers to retain them in the countryside. In the wake of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when Elections in Myanmar, democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's milita ...

on 1 February, he was detained by the

Myanmar Armed Forces The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services includ ...

References

Living people Government ministers of Myanmar Year of birth missing (living people) {{Burma-politician-stub