Tin Sein

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{{short description|Burmese military official (1926–2020)}}

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| honorific-prefix = Major General

| name = Tin Sein

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| office = Deputy Minister for Defence of Myanmar

| term_start = {{circa}} 1980

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| birth_date = 22 February 1927

| birth_place = Rangoon, British Burma

| death_date = 15 August 2020 (aged 93–94)

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| nationality = Burmese

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| occupation = Military general, Union Minister

| relations = Nay Shwe Thway Aung (grandson)

| children = Nay Soe Maung

| allegiance = {{flag|Myanmar}}

| branch = Myanmar Army

| rank = 20px Major General

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Major General Tin Sein ({{langx|my|တင်စိန်}}, 22 February 1927 – 15 August 2020) was a Burmese military official and major general in the Myanmar Army. He has served as Deputy Minister of Defence of Myanmar under Ne Win's cabinet.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/21/world/dozens-of-key-burma-officials-reported-purged.html|title=DOZENS OF KEY BURMA OFFICIALS REPORTED PURGED|work=The New York Times|date=21 July 1983|author=Colin Campbell}}{{cite book |last1=Myoe |first1=Maung Aung |title=Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948 |date=22 January 2009 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-230-848-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4bA3Oasvn4C&dq=Tin+Sein+deputy+defence+minister&pg=PA58 |language=en}}

In 1979, he was promoted to major general in the Myanmar Army and served as a military regional command. He took on the role of the first minister in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, which was the first to be established in Myanmar's civil sector. In 1983, he retired from the military and was appointed as the Burmese ambassador to Vietnam.

Tin Sein's son, Nay Soe Maung married Kyi Kyi Shwe, the daughter of Than Shwe, Myanmar's dictator and formerly head of a military junta.{{cite news|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/features/the-dictators-part-6-popular-dissent-grows.html|title=The Dictators: Part 6—Popular Dissent Grows|publisher=The Irrawaddy|date=5 April 2013|author=Aung Zaw}}

Tin Sein died on 15 August 2020.{{cite news |title=Obituary for Tin Sein |url=https://blackotfb.com/eoeiejffieei3384/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |publisher=Blacker |date=27 November 2021}}