Thet Naing Win

Thet Naing Win (သက်နိုင်ဝင်း) is a Lieutenant General in the Myanmar Army. He was the Minister of Border Affairs, having been appointed by Thein Sein in February 2013, to replace Thein Htay, who returned to the Ministry of Defence.

Thet Naing Win was born on 22 July 1955 in Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Burma. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Master of Arts degree in defence.

Thet Naing Win previously served as the chief of the Defense Ministry’s Bureau of Special Operations from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he was a was commander of the Southeastern Regional Command (Mon State) in the 2000s.