Khin Nyunt
Khin Nyunt |
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| 9th Prime Minister of Burma (Myanmar) | |
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In office 25 August 2003 – 18 October 2004 |
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| Leader | Than Shwe |
| Preceded by | Than Shwe |
| Succeeded by | Soe Win |
| Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council | |
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In office 1997 – 25 August 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Thein Sein |
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11 October 1939 Kyauktan Township, British Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Spouse(s) | Khin Win Shwe |
| Children | Thin Le Le Win, Lt.-Col. Zaw Naing Oo, Dr. Ye Naing Win |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1960–2004 |
| Rank | General |
General Khin Nyunt (Burmese: ခင်ညွန့်; MLCTS: hkang nywan.; pronounced: [kʰɪ̀ɴ ɲʊ̰ɴ]; born 11 October 1939) is an officer and politician in Burma (also known as Myanmar). Khin Nyunt is of Burmese Chinese descent. His parents are Meixian Hakkas. He held the office of Chief of Intelligence and was Prime Minister from 25 August 2003 until 18 October 2004. He spent the next seven years under house arrest, having been convicted of corruption, by the hardliners in his party.
Khin Nyunt graduated from the 25th batch of the Officer’s Training School in 1960, after dropping out of Yankin College in the late 1950s.
After his career in the military, he was ordered back to Rangoon in 1984 after an attack on a visiting South Korean delegation which was visiting Burma at that time. 21 people, including three South Korean cabinet ministers, died during the attack, (Rangoon bombing) which occurred on 9 October 1983 and was perpetrated by terrorists sent from North Korea. Khin Nyunt was then appointed Chief of Intelligence. From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s Khin Nyunt was considered to be a protégé of Ne Win, who supposedly retired from politics in July 1988 but who is thought to have continued to be an influential figure behind the scenes until about the late 1990s.
The 1988 uprising that occurred from March to September 1988 was quelled by the military when the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) was formed on 18 September 1988. The SLORC was renamed as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in 1997, and Khin Nyunt was appointed as its first secretary (Secretary −1), a post which he held until his appointment as Prime Minister in August 2003.
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