Myint Soe
Myint Soe | |
|---|---|
 Myint Soe in an interview with VOA Burmese in 2013 | |
| Native name | မြင့်စိုး |
| Allegiance |  Myanmar |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Northwest Regional Command |
Lieutenant General Myint Soe (Burmese: မြင့်စိုး) is a retired Burmese military officer and politician who served as the commander of the 1 Bureau of Special Operations from 28 May 2013 to 11 August 2015, and Northwest Regional Command.[1] He has played a leading role in difficult and at times fractious negotiations between the government and the Kachin Independence Organisation in 2013.[2] He was the representative of the Ministry of Defense at the Myitkyina peace talks.[3][4][5][6] Aung Min, a minister and one of the peace talks' leaders, told the media that in this meeting, Myint Soe handed over all the power regarding military affairs by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.[7]
Myint Soe graduated from the 61st intake of the Officers Training School, Bahtoo. In 2006, he served as the operation commander of the 5 Military Operations Command with the rank of brigadier general.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "ဖက်ဒရယ်ကို ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနဲ့အညီ ဆက်သွားမယ် – ဒုဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး မြင့်စိုး". DVB. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "'The army doesn't need to change'". The Myanmar Times. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Burmese army compromises for sake of peace, says Lt-Gen Myint Soe". DVB. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "အစိုးရနဲ့ တိုင်းရင်းသားတွေကြား ယုံကြည်မှု ဘယ်လို တည်ဆောက်မလဲ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ ""Ethnic Armed Revolutionary" talks end early in Myitkyina". Burma News International. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Mike (1 March 2018). "Peace Can't Be Bought". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးမြင့်စိုးကို တပ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီး အာဏာကုန်လွှဲအပ်ထား". 7Day News. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Myay, Chan (13 November 2013). "'The Tatmadaw Loves Democracy'". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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