Wunna Maung Lwin
Wunna Maung Lwin | |
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| ဝဏ္ဏမောင်လွင် | |
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| 19th and 21st Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| SAC Chairman and Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| In office 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016 | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Preceded by | Nyan Win |
| Succeeded by | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Permanent Representative to the United Nations[1] | |
| In office 2007 – 30 March 2011 | |
| Leader | Than Shwe |
| Succeeded by | Maung Wai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1952 (age 72) Thaton, Mon State, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | USDP (2010–2016) |
| Spouse | Lin Lin Tin |
| Children | Tin Thitsar Lwin Lin Marlar Lwin Lin Min Aung Lwin |
| Parent | Maung Lwin (father) |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy Methodist English High School |
| Cabinet | Min Aung Hlaing's military cabinet |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Myanmar |
| Branch/service |  Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1998 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
Wunna Maung Lwin (Template:Lang-my; born 30 May 1952,[2]) is a Burmese politician and incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[3][4] He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2011 to March 2016. He is a retired colonel in the Myanmar Army.
Early life and education
Wunna Maung Lwin was born in Thaton, Mon State on 30 May 1954.[5] He graduated from the 16th intake of the Defence Services Academy in 1971.[2]
Career
He joined the Myanmar Diplomatic service in 2000, after a long career in the Myanmar Armed Forces from 1971 to 1998. Before he holds the current position, he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Border Affairs (Myanmar) from July 1998 to September 2000, Myanmar Ambassador to Israel from 2000 to 2001, France from 2001 to 2004, Belgium and EU from 2004 to 2007 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2007 to 2011.
Foreign Minister
He served as the 19th Foreign Minister of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. Thein Sein appointed him in his cabinet. Later he became the CEC member of USDP. In the 2020 general election, he lost to his opponent from NLD, Kyaw Htwe.[6]
But after 2021 coup, Min Aung Hlaing appointed him as Foreign Minister. On 24 February, Wunna Maung Lwin met with Thailand Foreign Minister, Don Pramudwinai and Indonesia Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi in Thailand. He also met with Thailand Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha. This was the first foreign trip of the military cabinet member.[7][8]
Personal life
Wunna Maung Lwin is married to Lin Lin Tin, the youngest daughter of Thakhin Ba Tin, a member of the Dobama Asiayone. He has three children, Tin Thitsa Lwin, Lin Marlar Lwin, and Lin Min Aung Lwin.
References
- Wai Moe (13 July 2011). "Wunna Maung Lwin: Military Commander to Foreign Minister". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Burma Issues and Concerns: Locked In, Tied Up: Burma's Disciplined Democracy". 7. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. April 2011: 14.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Cabinet Ministers". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Nitta, Yuichi; Takahashi, Toru (2 February 2021). "Myanmar military appoints ministers after ousting Suu Kyi in coup". Nikkei Asia. Yangon and Bangkok. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Myanmar coup: who are the military figures running the country?". The Guardian. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHY: U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN (PROPOSED AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON)". WikiLeaks. 2005-01-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်လောင်း တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ၏ ဆန္ဒမဲရရှိမှုအခြေအနေ" (PDF). Union Election Commission (in Burmese).
- ^ "အင်ဒိုနိုင်ငံခြားရေး၀န်ကြီး နဲ့ ဦး၀ဏ္ဏမောင်လွင် ဘန်ကောက်မှာတွေ့" (in Burmese).
- ^ "ထိုင်းဝန်ကြီးချုပ် မြန်မာစစ်ကောင်စီ နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးကို လက်ခံတွေ့ဆုံ" (in Burmese).
1 Than Swe is currently recognized as Myanmar's official Foreign Minister by ASEAN, instead of Ko Ko Hlaing (despite the latter currently serving as Myanmar's Minister of International Cooperation). |
