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Khin Yi
ခင်ရီ
Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
Assumed office
12 September 2022
Acting:12 September 2022 – 5 October 2022
Vice ChairmanMyat Hein
Preceded byThan Htay
Minister of Immigration and Population
In office
1 August 2021[1] – 19 August 2022
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byMyint Kyaing
Succeeded byMyint Kyaing
In office
30 March 2011 – 12 August 2015[2]
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byMg Oo
Succeeded byKo Ko
Chief of the Myanmar Police Force
In office
30 April 2002 – 30 March 2011
Preceded bySoe Win
Succeeded byZaw Win
Vice Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
In office
31 December 2019 – 5 October 2022
Serving with Myat Hein
ChairmanThan Htay
Personal details
Born (1952-12-29) 29 December 1952 (age 71)
Myaungmya, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
SpouseKhin May Soe
Alma materDefense Service Acedamy
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar 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

Khin Yi was born on 29 December 1952. He graduated from the 17th intake in the Defence Services Academy.[6]

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ "နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ကော်မတီကို အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ အဖြစ် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်း" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "Top ministers resign". Eleven. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Myanmar's army-backed party to replace chief with general's ally". Nikkei Asia. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Myanmar military-linked party names junta chief's ally as leader". The Star. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Myanmar Coup Conspirator Took Suu Kyi's Naypyitaw Home". The Irrawaddy. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  7. ^ "Junta Watch: Coup Leader's Wife Draws Public Ire; Suu Kyi's New Charge and More". The Irrawaddy. 4 December 2021.
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