Thet Naing Win
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| order = Minister of Border Affairs
| term_start = February 2013
| predecessor = Thein Htay
| successor = Kyaw Swe
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| office5 = Union Solidarity and Development Party
| term_start5 = 23 August 2016
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Lieutenant General Thet Naing Win ({{langx|my|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.{{cite news|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/former-generals-to-run-burmas-telecom-border-affairs-ministries.html|title=Former Generals to Run Burma's Telecoms, Border Affairs Ministries|last=Nyein Nyein|date=14 February 2013|work=The Irrawaddy|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723082859/http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/former-generals-to-run-burmas-telecom-border-affairs-ministries.html|url-status=live}}
Early life
Thet Naing Win was born on 22 July 1955 in Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Burma.{{cite news|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Air-force-chief-gets-ICT-post-30200087.html|title=Air force chief gets ICT post|date=15 February 2013|work=Eleven Media Group|publisher=The Nation|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723080604/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Air-force-chief-gets-ICT-post-30200087.html|url-status=dead}} After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Mawlamyine, he joined and attended OTS intake 56.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2013/02/130208_thein_htay_proposal|title=ဝန်ကြီးသစ် ၂ ဦးခန့်ဖို့ သမ္မတ အဆိုပြု - BBC Burmese - မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ|language=my|access-date=2018-07-03|archive-date=2018-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717073324/https://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2013/02/130208_thein_htay_proposal|url-status=live}} He later earned a Master of Arts degree in defence too.
Career
Thet Naing Win served as the chief of the Defense Ministry's Bureau of Special Operations from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he was commander of the Southeastern Regional Command (Mon State) in the 2000s. Thet Naing Win on August 23 was elected General Secretary of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, preceded by Tin Naing Thein, former Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and retired brigadier general. replacing former president Thein Sein.{{cite news | url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/22121-u-thein-sein-steps-down-as-usdp-chair.html | title=U Thein Sein steps down as USDP chair | work=The Myanmar Times | date=24 August 2016 | access-date=15 October 2016 | author=Ei Ei Toe Lwin | archive-date=18 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204448/http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/22121-u-thein-sein-steps-down-as-usdp-chair.html | url-status=live }}