Htein Win

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Major-General Htein Win ({{langx|my|ထိန်ဝင်း}}) is a Burmese military officer and current commander of Myanmar's Southern Command, which encompasses Bago and Magway Regions.{{Cite news |date=2022-10-06 |title=WORK PERFORMANCES: SECURITY FORCES HONOURED AND ROAD EXTENSION IN PYAY |work=MITV |url=https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/work-performances-security-forces-honoured-and-road-extension-pyay}} Magway Region, as part of the Bamar heartland, has been a major centre of the civilian resistance in the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat. Htein Win has overseen the military's 'kill all, burn all, loot all' strategy in Magway Region.{{CELEX|id=32022R2177|text=Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2177 of 8 November 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma}} He has been sanctioned by the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada for violating human rights and committing crimes against civilians in the Southern Command.{{Cite web |title=Htin Latt Oo |url=https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-FRs8hYjSmhJzDSeitz9aCv/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Open Santions |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Global Affairs |date=2023-01-31 |title=Backgrounder – Additional sanctions for Myanmar |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/01/backgrounder--additional-sanctions.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.canada.ca}}

In April 2007, he was a brigadier general overseeing Taikkyi station.{{CELEX|id=32007R0481|text=Commission Regulation (EC) No 481/2007 of 27 April 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 renewing the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 798/2004}}. No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 09/03/2008

In July 2024, he was appointed Chief of Naval Staff following the resignation of his predecessor Vice Admiral Zwe Win Myint.

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