Thein Sein

His Excellency Agga Maha Thray Sithu Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Thein Sein
သိန်းစိန်
Thein Sein in 2013
8th President of Myanmar
In office 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
Vice President	Tin Aung Myint Oo Sai Mauk Kham Nyan Tun
Preceded by	Than Shwe (Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council)
Succeeded by	Htin Kyaw
Prime Minister of Myanmar
In office 12 October 2007 – 7 November 2010 Acting: April 2007 – 12 October 2007
Leader	Than Shwe
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Min Aung Hlaing (2021)
Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office 19 October 2004 – 12 October 2007
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Tin Aung Myint Oo
Secretary 2 of the State Peace and Development Council
In office 25 August 2003 – 19 October 2004
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Tin Aung Myint Oo
Member of Parliament for Zabuthiri
In office 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sanda Min
Majority	65,620 (91.2%)
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-20) 20 April 1944 (age 80) Kyounku, Burma (now Myanmar)
Political party	Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010–2016)
Spouse	Khin Khin Win
Children	3
Alma mater	Defence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	1968–2010
Rank	General

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Thein Sein (Burmese: သိန်းစိန်; IPA: [θéɪɰ̃ sèɪɰ̃]; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired military general who served as the 9th President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, and was considered by many in and outside Myanmar as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.^[1]

His government undertook a series of political reforms including some deregulation of the country's censored media, releasing many political prisoners and halting the country's controversial large Chinese-led hydro-power project. The developments that followed included Myanmar's appointment to chair ASEAN in 2014, improved relations with the United States, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – his 2015 general election rival – from house arrest, and the reinstatement of major opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) in the by-election held on 1 April 2012.^[2]