Senior
General Than Shwe
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  Than Shwe in 1999 Daw Kyaing Kyaing, Than Shwe's wife (f. at left) Bio: Than Shwe is married to Daw Kyaing Kyaing Rank: Senior General BC No: 6710 Year of birth: 1933 Education: Passed the Anglo-vernacular 10th Standard from Kyaukse GHS Army training: OTS 9th Career-mil: Lt. platoon commander, MR 1st in 1953. Attached to the Psychological Warfare Department in 1958. Captain in the Mobile Psychological Warfare Company in 1960 and instructor, PS in 1963. Major, SO II, War Office in 1969. Lt. Col, commanding MR 1 in 1972 and SO I, War Office in 1976. Col in LID 88 in 1980. Commander, Southwest Region in 1983. Brig. Gen., Vice Chief of Staff in 1985. Major General in 1986. Lt. Gen. in 1987. Political Career: Chairman, Party Regional Committee in Ayeyarwaddy Div, Central Executive Committee of the Burma Socialist Program Party in 1988. Chairman of the SLORC since 1992. Link: Committee to Protect Journalists: Enemies of the press, 1999 Link: US ASEAN Business Council--Than Shwe speech |