Khin Yi
Khin Yi (Burmese: ခင်ရီ) is a Burmese politician current Union Minister for Immigration and Population of Myanmar (Burma).[3] He previously served as the Chief of the Myanmar Police Force and is a retired Brigadier General. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party.[3]
Khin Yi | |
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ခင်ရီ | |
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| Union Minister of Ministry of Immigration and Population | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2021[1] | |
| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded 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 | |
| Assumed office 31 Dec 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1952 Myaungmya, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| Spouse(s) | Khin May Soe |
| Alma mater | Defense Service Acedamy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | -2010 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
Career
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.[4]
References
- "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.
- Kudo, Toshihiro (26 July 2011). "New Government in Myanmar: Profiles of Ministers". Institute of Developing Economies - Japan External Trade Organization.
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