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Kyaw Win (general)

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Burmese general
Lt Gen. Maha Tharay SithuKyaw Win
ကျော်ဝင်း
Chief of the Defense Service Training
In office
?–?
Chief of Bureau of Special Operations 2
In office
?–2008
Personal details
Born (1944-01-03) 3 January 1944 (age 81)
Burma
NationalityBurmese
SpouseSan San Yee
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance Burma
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service?–2008
Rank Lieutenant General
CommandsNorthern Military Region in Myitkyina

Lt Gen. Maha Tharay Sithu Kyaw Win (Burmese: ကျော်ဝင်း; born 3 January 1944) is a Burmese military officer and retired lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army, who served as Chief of Defense Service Training. He also served as Chief of Bureau of Special Operations 2 for Shan State and Kayah State.

Military career

He was appointed as Tactical Operations Commander No.1 of the Eastern Military Region under Vice-Senior General Maung Aye in 1988. He later commanded MOC-12 (Kawkareik) and the Northern Military Region in Myitkyina, Kachin State. In November 1997, he was appointed a member of the State Peace and Development Council.

Burma's military establishment has a total of five officers in its Bureau of Special Operations (BSO). Kyaw Win is one of the five BSO officers, and retired with the other four, in order to make way for the newly transferred officers. He retired the Myanmar Army at the rank of Lieutenant general in June 2008.

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