Soe Win

Maha Chandra Kumara Soe Win (; born 15 January 1947) is a retired Burmese diplomat, prince and senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung as the pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885) since 2019. He is the eldest son of Prince Taw Phaya Gyi and great-grandson of King Thibaw and Chief Queen Supayalat.

Early life Soe Win was born on 15 January 1947 in Rangoon, Burma. He is the eldest son of Prince Taw Phaya Gyi and his first wife, Khin Kyi. He graduated from Rangoon University. He is married to Tin Lay Wai and they both have a son named Min Oo and a daughter named Sandi.

Career Soe Win worked to promote a positive image of Myanmar overseas, even during the darkest periods of military rule. He joined the Burmese Foreign Service, becoming First Secretary in Washington, DC, from 1987 to 1991. He served as Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan until 1999, Pakistan from 1999 to 2003, Australia from 2003 to 2005 and also served in Hong Kong and China, before retiring in 2009. Later, he joined the Myanmar Football Association to coach the national team in their unsuccessful bid to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015. He once managed the Myanmar national under-19 football team and was head of the International department of Myanmar Football Federation.

In 2017, Soe Win requested the Thai royal family and government to stop airing the Thai historical drama Plerng Phra Nang, loosely based on Hsinbyumashin's life, claiming it insulted the Burmese royal family.

Documentary film In 2017, Soe Win and his uncle Taw Phaya, aunt Hteik Su Phaya Gyi, cousin Devi Thant Sin appeared as the main characters of We Were Kings, a documentary film by Alex Bescoby and Max Jones. The film premiered in Mandalay on 4 November 2017 at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival and also screened in Thailand at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. The film is about Myanmar's history, but also about the descendants of the last kings of Burma who lived unassuming lives in modern Myanmar, unrecognized and unknown.