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Myint Swe
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Army officer and former Acting President of Myanmar (1951–2025)
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Myint Swe (1951–2025) was a Myanmar military officer and politician who served as President of Myanmar and Vice President of Burma. Born in Mandalay, he was a member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party and held the rank of lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army. His career began in 1973, and he was educated at the Defence Services Academy. A Bamar ethnic group member who practiced Theravāda Buddhism, he spoke Burmese as his native language.
Myint Swe participated in the Myanmar civil war and the broader Myanmar conflict. He was associated with significant events including the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and the Rohingya genocide. He had two children. In addition to his political and military roles, he was an author with works such as *Critical Analysis Of Science Textbooks Evaluating Instructional Effectiveness* and *Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning*. He died in Naypyidaw on August 7, 2025.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Critical Analysis Of Science Textbooks Evaluating Instructional Effectiveness
- Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,168x
- Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial
· 2019 · cited 2,663x
- Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study
· 2017 · cited 2,154x
- Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 2,081x
- The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
· 2005 · cited 1,941x
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Min Aung Hlaing
- Vice president
- First Vice President Himself Second Vice President Henry Van Thio
- Preceded by
- Win Myint
- Succeeded by
- Min Aung Hlaing
- State counsellor
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- President
- Htin Kyaw, Himself (acting), Win Myint, Himself (acting), Min Aung Hlaing (Pro Tem)
- Born
- ( 1951-06-24 ) 24 June 1951, Mandalay , Union of Burma
- Died
- 7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) (aged 74) , Naypidaw , Myanmar
- Party
- USDP
- Spouse
- Khin Thet Htay
- Education
- Defence Services Academy
- Awards
- Sado Thiri Thudhamma [ my ]
- Allegiance
- Myanmar
- Branch service
- Tatmadaw Myanmar Army
- Years of service
- 1969–2010
- Rank
- Lieutenant general
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Myanmar
- Place of birth
- Mandalay
- Place of death
- Naypyidaw
- Occupation
- military leader
- Position held
- President of Myanmar
- Educated at
- Defence Services Academy
- Political party
- Union Solidarity and Development Party
- Languages spoken
- Burmese
- Native language
- Burmese
- Religion
- Theravāda
- Conflict
- Myanmar conflict
- Military branch
- Myanmar Army
- Military rank
- lieutenant general
- Image
- Myint Swe (2018-12-13) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Significant event
- Rohingya conflict
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1951-05-24
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- P10632
- Myint Swe
- name in native language
- မြင့်ဆွေ
- ethnic group
- Bamar
- date of death
- 2025-08-07
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
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Encyclopedic overview
Myint Swe (24 June 1951 – 7 August 2025) was a Burmese politician and army officer who served as the third first vice president of Myanmar from 2016 until his death in 2025. A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), Myint Swe served as acting president of Myanmar in 2018 and again from 2021 to 2025.
Myint Swe was installed as acting president by the Tatmadaw through a coup d'état on 1 February 2021, after which he immediately declared a state of emergency and formally transferred power to coup leader Min Aung Hlaing. Throughout his political career, Myint Swe worked to ensure the Tatmadaw's influence in politics. He was rarely seen in public after the coup, with Min Aung Hlaing serving as the face of the government. Myint Swe's main role in the military government was to formally grant and renew Min Aung Hlaing's emergency powers.
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