Thein Sein

Agga Maha Thray Sithu
Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma
Thein Sein
Agga Maha Thray Sithu; Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Thein Sein
သိန်းစိန်
	Thein Sein in 2013
8th President of Myanmar
	In office; 30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
Vice President	See list First Vice President; Tin Aung Myint Oo; (2011–2012); Sai Mauk Kham; (2012–2016); Second Vice President; Sai Mauk Kham; (2011–2012); Vacant; (Jul–Aug 2012); Nyan Tun; (2012–2016);
Preceded by	Office re-established;; Than Shwe; (as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council); Maung Maung; (as President, 1988);
Succeeded by	Htin Kyaw
11th Prime Minister of Myanmar
	In office; 12 October 2007 – 7 November 2010
Leader	Than Shwe
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Office abolished;; Min Aung Hlaing (2021)
President	In office; 30 March 2016 – 29 August 2016
Other offices held
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 30 March 2016 – 29 August 2016
President	Htin Kyaw
State Counsellor	Aung San Suu Kyi
Preceded by	Aung San Suu Kyi
Succeeded by	Than Htay
Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party
	In office; 29 April 2010 – 29 August 2016
Deputy	Shwe Mann; Htay Oo;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Than Htay
Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council
	In office; 19 October 2004 – 12 October 2007
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Tin Aung Myint Oo
Secretary 2 of the State Peace and Development Council
	In office; 25 August 2003 – 19 October 2004
Preceded by	Soe Win
Succeeded by	Tin Aung Myint Oo
Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw; for Zabuthiri
	In office; 31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sanda Min
Personal details
Born	20 April 1945; Kyounku, Burma (now Myanmar)
Party	USDP (since 2016)
Spouse	Khin Khin Win
Children	3
Alma mater	Defence Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	1968–2010
Rank	General

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Thein Sein (Burmese: သိန်းစိန်; IPA: [θéɪɰ̃ sèɪɰ̃]; born 20 April 1945) is a Burmese politician and retired army general who served as the eighth president of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as 11th prime minister from 2007 to 2010, and was considered by many in and outside Myanmar as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.

His government undertook a series of political reforms including some deregulation of the country's censored media, releasing many political prisoners and halting the country's controversial large Chinese-led hydro-power project. The developments that followed included Myanmar's appointment to chair ASEAN in 2014, improved relations with the United States, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – his 2015 general election rival – from house arrest, and the reinstatement of major opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) in the by-election held on 1 April 2012.