Soe Win
| Soe Win စိုးဝင်း |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Myanmar | |
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In office 19 October 2004 – 12 October 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Khin Nyunt |
| Succeeded by | Thein Sein |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 May 1947 Taunggyi, British Burma |
| Died | 12 October 2007 (aged 60) Yangon, Myanmar |
| Political party | Appointed by State Peace and Development Council |
| Spouse(s) | Than Than Nwe |
| Children | Nay Soe, Theint Theint Soe |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1971 - 2007 |
| Rank | General |
General Soe Win (Burmese: စိုးဝင်း; pronounced: [só wɪ́ɴ]; 10 May 1947 – 12 October 2007) was the Prime Minister of Burma and Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council from 2004 to 2007. He was known by Burmese dissident groups as "the butcher of Depayin" for his role as mastermind of the 2003 Depayin Massacre, in which 70 National League for Democracy supporters were killed by a government-sponsored mob.
Soe Win was born in 1948. A graduate of the Defense Services Academy (12th intake), he took part in the crackdown on democracy protesters in 1988, deploying troops around Rangoon University and ordering them to shoot at Rangoon General Hospital during the upheaval. He became Tactical Operations Commander 3 of the Northwestern Regional Command in 1990.
In 1997 he was named Regional Commander and a member of the junta, then called the State Law and Order Restoration Council, or SLORC. In November 2001 he was named Air Defense General of the War Office. In February 2003 he was promoted to Secretary-2 of the junta, which was vacant after Lieutenant General Tin Oo was killed in a helicopter crash two years before.
Soe Win is widely regarded as the mastermind behind the deadly attack against National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters in the 30 May 2003 Depayin Massacre. In 2014, former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt released a memoir attributing responsibility for the massacre to Soe Win, who he claimed was acting on the instructions of former junta leader Senior General Than Shwe.
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