Zin Min Htet

Zin Min Htet (Burmese: ဇင်မင်းထက်) is a Burmese military officer who is presently a Major General in the Myanmar Army. In May 2022, he was appointed as the chief of the Myanmar Police Force and deputy minister for Home Affairs, replacing Than Hlaing in both roles.[1][2] He was appointed as deputy minister for Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs on 21 July 2023.[3]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Zin Min Htet. There is no family name.
Zin Min Htet
ဇင်မင်းထက်
Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
Assumed office
21 July 2023
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded bySoe Win
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
2 May 2022 – 21 July 2023
Preceded byThan Hlaing
Succeeded byNi Lin Aung
Chief of Myanmar Police Force
In office
2 May 2022 – 21 July 2023
Preceded byThan Hlaing
Succeeded byNi Lin Aung
Personal details
BornBurma (now Myanmar)
SpouseThazin Khin
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
RankMajor General

Military career

Zin Min Htet graduated from the 32nd intake of the Defence Services Academy.[2] He served as the military's Joint Adjutant General from 2019 to May 2022.[2]

In December 2022, he was sanctioned by Canada in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[4][5] On 20 February 2023, the European Union imposed sanctions on Zin Min Htet for human rights violations and undermining democracy and rule of law in the country.[6][7]

Personal life

Zin Min Htet is married to Thazin Khin, a urologist in Naypyidaw.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Myanmar Junta Police Chief Demands International Action Against Opponents". The Irrawaddy. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. "Myanmar junta removes police chief". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. "ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး နီလင်းအောင်ကို ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ပြီး ရဲချုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပူးတွဲတာဝန်ပေးအပ်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). No. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "Zin Min Htet". Open Santions. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  5. "Backgrounder: Additional Sanctions for Myanmar". Government of Canada. 2022-12-09.
  6. "Myanmar/Burma: EU imposes sixth round of sanctions against 9 individuals and 7 entities". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  7. "EUR-Lex - 32023D0380 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.