Soe Thein

Soe Thein (Burmese: စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma), also spelt Soe Thane, served as Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) between 2011 and 2016 and as Minister of Industry 2 in 2010-2012.^[2] He is a retired Vice Admiral and previously served as the Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Navy.^[2][3] He also served as the Chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission from 2010 to 2013.

Soe Thein
စိုးသိန်း(စစ်မိစ္ဆာ)
Soe Thein in 2012
Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2012[1] Serving with Thein Nyunt, Soe Maung, Aung Min, Hla Tun and Tin Naing Thein
Preceded by	Position established
Minister for Industry 2 of Myanmar
In office June 2008 – 27 August 2012
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tin Tin Yi (NLD)
Constituency	Kyunsu Township
Majority	Ran unopposed
Amyotha Hluttaw MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Constituency	Kayah State № 9
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy
In office 2 January 2004 – 20 June 2008
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-07) 7 September 1949 (age 75) Rangoon, Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010-2015) Independent
Spouse	Khin Aye Kyin
Children	Aye Chan Yimon Aye Thida Aye
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Navy
Years of service	–2010
Rank	Vice-Admiral

Soe Thein has been accused of buying votes in Bawlakhe twice, in 2015 and in 2020.^[4] He won that constituency both times.

Personal life

Soe Thein is married to Khin Aye Kyin, also called Aye Aye.^[5] They have one son, Aye Chan (b. 1973), and 2 daughters, Yimon Aye (b. 1980) and Thida Aye (b. 1979).^[5] Thida Aye is a director at the Singaporean investment firm Dymon Asia, while Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an e-commerce site called RGO47.^[6] Yimon Aye is a professor of chemistry & chemical biology at University of Oxford.^[7]