Soe Win (minister)

Soe Win was born in Moulmein, British Burma (now Mawlamyaing, Myanmar) on 13 December 1938 to parents U Tin and Daw Ngwe Pwint.^[2][3] He possesses BA, LLB and DMA qualifications.^[3] He is married to Mar Mar Swe.^[3]

Soe Win entered the banking trade in 1961, joining a state-owned commercial bank as Deputy Manager in 1961.^[4] He was appointed as the Deputy Controller of Foreign Exchange (Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank) in 1990 and as General Manager in 1993.^[4] He serves on the board of Renaissance Institute, a Myanmar-based think tank.^[4] He subsequently founded Myanmar Vigour in 2003, which became a member firm of Deloitte in 2015.^[5] He specializes in Myanmar taxation, investment laws and banking.^[6]

After Kyaw Win's resignation as the incumbent Minister of Planning and Finance during a corruption investigation, Soe Win was nominated by President Win Myint as the successor on 29 May 2018. In the aftermath of the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Myanmar Armed Forces appointed Win Shein as Soe Win's successor on 1 February 2021.^[7][8] Soe Win was placed under house arrest by the Myanmar Armed Forces.^[9]