Khin Yi
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Khin Yi | |
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ခင်ရီ | |
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| Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2022 Acting:12 September 2022 – 5 October 2022 | |
| Vice Chairman | Myat Hein |
| Preceded by | Than Htay |
| Minister of Immigration and Population | |
| In office 1 August 2021[1] – 19 August 2022 | |
| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Myint Kyaing |
| Succeeded by | Myint Kyaing |
| In office 30 March 2011 – 12 August 2015[2] | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Preceded by | Mg Oo |
| Succeeded by | Ko Ko |
| Chief of the Myanmar Police Force | |
| In office 30 April 2002 – 30 March 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Soe Win |
| Succeeded by | Zaw Win |
| Vice Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| In office 31 December 2019 – 5 October 2022 Serving with Myat Hein | |
| Chairman | Than Htay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1952 Myaungmya, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| Spouse | Khin May Soe |
| Alma mater | Defense Service Acedamy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | -2010 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
Khin Yi (Burmese: ခင်ရီ) is a Burmese politician who served as Minister of Immigration and Population from March 2011 to August 2015 and again from August 2021 to August 2022 as well as[3] Chief of the Myanmar Police Force from April 2002 to March 2011. He has served as Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in acting capacity from September[4] to October 2022 and official capacity since October 2022 as well as Vice Chairman of the party from December 2019 to his official promotion to the party chairmanship in October 2022.[3] He is widely regarded as a close ally of Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council, the Prime Minister and the Commander-in-chief of Defence Services.[5]
Early life and education[edit]
Khin Yi was born on 29 December 1952. He graduated from the 17th intake in the Defence Services Academy.[6]
Career[edit]
He ordered the bloody crackdown on protesters at the Saffron Revolution, later became Immigration Minister in Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government and again in the military junta Min Aung Hlaing's cabinet.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ကော်မတီကို အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ အဖြစ် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်း" (in Burmese).
- ^ "Top ministers resign". Eleven. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ a b Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally". Nikkei Asia. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Myanmar military-linked party names junta chief's ally as leader". The Star. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Myanmar Coup Conspirator Took Suu Kyi's Naypyitaw Home". The Irrawaddy. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ "Junta Watch: Coup Leader's Wife Draws Public Ire; Suu Kyi's New Charge and More". The Irrawaddy. 4 December 2021.