Soe Thein

Soe Thein is married to Khin Aye Kyin, also called Aye Aye.^[5] They have one son, Aye Chan (b. 1973), and 2 daughters, Yimon Aye (b. 1980) and Thida Aye (b. 1979).^[5] Thida Aye is a director at the Singaporean investment firm Dymon Asia, while Aye Chan is an Executive Director of an e-commerce site called RGO47.^[6] Yimon Aye is a professor of chemistry & chemical biology at University of Oxford.^[7]

Soe Thein while serving in Myanmar's Navy had a formative experience working in Denmark where his exposure to the West would foster a positive view of reform. In the Thein Sein Presidency, Soe Thein was a significant reform advocate. Due to Soe Theins work as a western oriented ally of President Thein Sein, Soe Thein gained a reputation as one of the more forward thinking figures of transition era Myanmar according to Thant Myint-U. Soe Thein along with other Thein Sein era officials, such as negotiator Aung Min, would seek a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw. Soe Thein would be successful in his election bid and witness the rise of Aung San Suu Kyi while some officials such as Aung Min would fail to secure a position in the nations legislature.^[8]