Wunna Maung Lwin

H.E. U
Wunna Maung Lwin
ဝဏ္ဏမောင်လွင်
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 March 2011  30 March 2016
President Thein Sein
Preceded by Nyan Win
Succeeded by Aung San Suu Kyi
Permanent Representative to the United Nations[1]
In office
2007  30 March 2011
Leader Than Shwe
Succeeded by Maung Wai
Personal details
Born 30 May 1952 (1952-05-30) (age 64)
Thaton, Mon State, Burma
Nationality Burmese
Political party USDP(2010-2016 )
Spouse(s) Lin Lin Tin
Alma mater Defence Services Academy
Methodist English High School
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Military service
Service/branch Myanmar Armed Forces
Years of service 1971-1998
Rank Colonel

Wunna Maung Lwin (Burmese: ဝဏ္ဏမောင်လွင်; born 30 May 1952[2]) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, in office from March 2011 to March 2016. He joined the Myanmar Diplomatic service in 2000, after a long career in the Myanmar Armed Forces from 1971 to 1998. Before he holds the current position, he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Border Affairs (Myanmar) from July 1998 to September 2000, Myanmar Ambassador to Israel from 2000 to 2001, France from 2001 to 2004, Belgium and EU from 2004 to 2007 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2007 to 2011. He graduated from the 16th intake of the Defence Services Academy in 1971.[2]

Wunna Maung Lwin was born in Thaton, Mon State. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Maung Lwin, was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1969 to 1970, under the Burma Socialist Programme Party.[3]

References

  1. "Burma Issues and Concerns: Locked In, Tied Up: Burma's Disciplined Democracy". 7. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. April 2011: 14.
  2. 1 2 "Cabinet Ministers". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. Zay Thu (27 August 2014). "ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား". Tomorrow (in Burmese). Retrieved 9 July 2015.


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