Soe Win (general)
| Soe Win စိုးဝင်း |
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| Allegiance |
 Myanmar
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| Service/branch |
 Myanmar Army
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| Years of service | 1980–present |
| Rank |
.gif){kind=small} Vice-Senior General
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| Commands held | Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief, Myanmar Army |
Vice-Senior General Soe Win (Burmese: စိုးဝင်း; pronounced: [só wɪ́ɴ]) is the current deputy commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces), and a member of the National Defence and Security Council in Myanmar (Burma). In May 2012, former President of Myanmar Thein Sein appointed him to the working committee of the government team responsible for negotiating with Myanmar's many armed ethnic rebel groups. Soe Win is a close associate of former Vice Chairman of the SPDC, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.
In 1980, Soe Win graduated from the Defense Services Academy (DSA) during its 22nd intake. In June 2008, he became the commander of the Northern Regional Command of the Myanmar Army in Kachin State. In August 2010, he became Chief of the Bureau of Special Operations-6 (BSO-6), which oversees military operations in Chin and Rakhine States and the Magwe Region.
In September 2011, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) accused Soe Win of ordering Tatmadaw soldiers to attack KIA positions in Kachin State, thus violating the terms of multiple ceasefire agreements signed prior to the alleged attacks. Soe Win denied the claims, saying that neither he nor anyone else in the Northern Regional Command had ordered an attack on the KIA.
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