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Thein Sein (Burmese: သိန်းစိန်; IPA: [θéɪɰ̃ sèɪɰ̃]; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016.
May 6, 2024 · Thein Sein (born April 20, 1945, Kyonku, Burma [now Myanmar]) is a military officer and politician of Myanmar who served as president of the country (2011–16). Few details are known about Thein Sein’s early life.
Mar 29, 2016 · During his single term Thein Sein has lead Myanmar away from military rule towards democracy, from economic stagnation to growth, and made steps towards peace. By anyone's standards it has been...
Apr 3, 2014 · It’s just three years since former General Thein Sein emerged into international prominence as the first elected president of modern Burma/Myanmar in more than 20 years. At the time, not long after a fatally flawed election process, expectations that Myanmar had begun a genuine political transition were not high.
Nov 10, 2014 · Thein Sein, 67, took office in March 2011, after the country's first election in 20 years in November 2010. Since then, he has led a process of reform in Myanmar, ruled for decades by a military...
Mar 30, 2016 · President Thein Sein, who spent almost half a century climbing the military’s ranks, made way yesterday for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and her proxy president Htin Kyaw.
Thein Sein's presidency, which began on March 30, 2011, is seen as particularly consequential as he oversaw dramatic changes that opened Myanmar to the world after decades of isolation and ...
Feb 4, 2011 · Thein Sein, a career army bureaucrat who as prime minister was the public face of the military government, won more than 60 percent of the vote in the two-chamber Parliament, news agencies ...
Nov 17, 2015 · Mr Thein Sein had long been seen as the relatively untainted face of the military government, and it is thought that Senior General Than Shwe regarded him as the most suitable frontman for...
A global corruption index just this week ranked Burma among the most corrupt nations in the world. Thein Sein oversaw the start of what could turn out to be an economic renaissance, and he helped to write the history of the new Burma, one which aspires to be led by its citizens.
