Win Myint

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President of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021

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::summary President of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021 ::

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Field	Value
honorific-prefix	His Excellency
name	Win Myint
native_name	ဝင်းမြင့်
native_name_lang	my
image	Myanmar President Win Myint.png
caption	Win Myint in 2020
order	10th
office	President of Myanmar
1blankname	State Counsellor
1namedata	Aung San Suu Kyi
2blankname	Vice President
2namedata	First Vice President
Myint Swe
Second Vice President
Henry Van Thio
term_start	30 March 2018
term_end	1 February 2021
predecessor	Htin Kyaw
successor	Myint Swe (acting)
office1	2nd Speaker of the House of Representatives
deputy1	T Khun Myat
term_start1	1 February 2016
term_end1	21 March 2018
predecessor1	Shwe Mann
successor1	T Khun Myat
office2	Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
for Tamwe Township
term_start2	1 February 2016
term_end2	23 March 2018
predecessor2	Lei Lei Win Swe
office3	Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw
for Pathein Township
term_start3	2 May 2012
term_end3	29 January 2016
predecessor3	Than Tun
successor3	Wai Hlaing Tun
office4	Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw (1990)
constituency4	Danubyu Township № 1
majority4	20,388 (56%)
predecessor4	Constituency established
successor4	Constituency abolished
birth_date
birth_place	Nyaung Chaung Village, Danubyu, Union of Burma
spouse	Cho Cho
children	1
party	National League for Democracy
alma_mater	University of Yangon
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Early life and education

Win Myint was born in Nyaung Chaung Village, Danubyu, Ayeyarwady Region, then part of the Union of Burma, to parents Tun Kyin and Daw Than. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the Rangoon Arts and Science University. Win Myint is married to Cho Cho and the couple has one daughter, Phyu Phyu Thin, a senior advisor of City Mart Holdings.

Political career

1988 uprising and 1990 election

After graduating in geology from Rangoon Arts and Science University, Win Myint became a High Court senior lawyer in 1981 and later a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Myanmar. In 1985, he became a High Court advocate. He was jailed for his role in the 8888 Uprising, and has been described by some who have met him as rather a closed book.

Out of jail in time for the 1990 Myanmar general election, which the military later nullified, he ran successfully for Ayeyarwady Region’s Danubyu Township, winning a majority of 20,388 (56% of the votes), but was never allowed to assume his seat.

2012 by-election and 2015 election

Win Myint resumed his political career in the 2012 Myanmar by-elections, winning a Pyithu Hluttaw, lower house seat in Pathein constituency, and going on to become secretary of parliament’s rule of law committee. In the 2015 Myanmar general election, he was elected as Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Tamwe Township. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanmar from 2016 to 2018.

Presidency

Following the resignation of Htin Kyaw as President of Myanmar, Win Myint resigned as Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw on 21 March 2018, a move seen by many as a preparation by the National League for Democracy for Win Myint to be put forward as a candidate for the presidency. Win Myint was succeeded by his deputy T Khun Myat. The Pyithu Hluttaw confirmed the election of Win Myint as the House of Representatives' nominee for Vice-President on 23 March 2018, paving the way for Win Myint to enter the election process for the next President of Myanmar. Win Myint defeated Union Solidarity and Development Party's candidate Thaung Aye with 273 votes to the latter's 27. Win Myint was elected as the 10th President of Myanmar by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (a combined meeting of the two houses of the national legislature) on 28 March 2018, with 403 out of 636 lawmakers voting for him.

On 17 April 2018, Win Myint granted amnesty to 8,500 prisoners, including 51 foreigners and 36 political prisoners.

2021 coup d'état

On 1 February 2021, during a military coup d'état, Win Myint was detained along with fellow parliament members including the State Counsellor and party leader, Aung Sun Suu Kyi, in Naypyidaw. Win Myint was removed from office and replaced by Vice-President Myint Swe as acting head of state.

Later on 4 February 2021, Win Myint was charged for violating rules banning gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trial hearings commenced on 16 February. On 11 October, a Naypyidaw judge formally indicted Win Myint under Section 25 of the Disaster Management Law, which carries a maximum three-year prison sentence. During Win Myint's testimony on 12 October, he revealed that on 1 February in the lead-up to the coup, two senior military generals had attempted to force him to resign, under the guise of "ill health."

On 6 December 2021, Win Myint and Suu Kyi were both sentenced to 4 years in jail.

On 16 April 2024, the military announced that Win Myint had been transferred to house arrest due to a heat wave. However, pro-democracy publications such as The Irrawaddy claimed that there is little evidence to support the junta's announcement.

Notes

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