About Wai Lwin
Born 1954. Wai Lwin is a Myanmar civil servant.
Wai Lwin is a retired senior Myanmar Army officer, who served as the Minister of Defence from September 2012 to 13 August 2015. He previously served as a military representative of Yangon Region Hluttaw. He is the Central Executive Committee member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party.
Biography Wai Lwin was born on 4 November 1954 in Kyaunggon, Ayeyarwady Region. He graduated in 1976 from the 16th intake of the Defence Services Academy. In July 2012, he was appointed into the Yangon Region Hluttaw to replace Captain Lin Lin Kyaw, becoming the highest-ranked military member serving in a regional parliament. Wai Lwin was temporarily suspended in August 2011 for suspicions of corruption and is a close associate of Than Shwe, former chairman of the State Peace and Development Council.
Wai Lwin is married to Swe Swe Oo, and the couple have children, namely Wai Phyo Aung, Wai Phyo, and Lwin Yamin.
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Burmese military officer
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Wai Lwin was born on 4 November 1954 in Kyaunggon Township.
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Wai Lwin is a civil servant.
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Wai Lwin is Myanmar.
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