Lieutenant General Myint Soe (Burmese: မြင့်စိုး) is a retired Burmese military officer and politician who served as the commander of the 1 Bureau of Special Operations [my] from 28 May 2013 to 11 August 2015, and Northwest Regional Command [my].[1] He has played a leading role in difficult and at times fractious negotiations between the government and the Kachin Independence Organisation in 2013.[2] He was the representative of the Ministry of Defense at the Myitkyina peace talks.[3][4][5][6] Aung Min, a minister and one of the peace talks' leaders, told the media that in this meeting, Myint Soe handed over all the power regarding military affairs by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.[7]

Myint Soe
Myint Soe in an interview with VOA Burmese in 2013
Native name
မြင့်စိုး
Allegiance Myanmar
RankLieutenant General
CommandsNorthwest Regional Command

Myint Soe graduated from the 61st intake of the Officers Training School, Bahtoo. In 2006, he served as the operation commander of the 5 Military Operations Command with the rank of brigadier general.[8]

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  1. ^ "ဖက်ဒရယ်ကို ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနဲ့အညီ ဆက်သွားမယ် – ဒုဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး မြင့်စိုး". DVB. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ "'The army doesn't need to change'". The Myanmar Times. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Burmese army compromises for sake of peace, says Lt-Gen Myint Soe". DVB. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ "အစိုးရနဲ့ တိုင်းရင်းသားတွေကြား ယုံကြည်မှု ဘယ်လို တည်ဆောက်မလဲ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ ""Ethnic Armed Revolutionary" talks end early in Myitkyina". Burma News International. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ Mike (1 March 2018). "Peace Can't Be Bought". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးမြင့်စိုးကို တပ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီး အာဏာကုန်လွှဲအပ်ထား". 7Day News. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. ^ Myay, Chan (13 November 2013). "'The Tatmadaw Loves Democracy'". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 23 January 2023.