Thein Sein's Cabinet

Thein Sein Cabinet
Cabinet of Myanmar
Head and Deputy Heads of the Government
Date formed	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)
Date dissolved	30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
People and organisations
Head of state	Thein Sein
Head of government	Thein Sein
Deputy head of government	VP ) (2011–2012) VP ) (2011–2016) VP ) (2012–2016)
Member party	USDP–Military
Opposition party	NLD
Opposition leader	Aung San Suu Kyi
History
Election(s)	2010 Myanmar general election
Outgoing election	2015 Myanmar general election
Predecessor	Military Government
Successor	Htin Kyaw's Cabinet

The cabinet of Thein Sein (Burmese: ဦးသိန်းစိန် အစိုးရ), headed by President Thein Sein, is the first democratically elected government of Myanmar after the military government. It took office on 30 March 2011 after the 2010 Myanmar general election to 30 March 2016.

Cabinet

Cabinet resignations (August 2015)

On 12 August 2015, Minister

On 19 June 2014, Hsan Sint was dismissed from the office of Minister of Religious Affairs and brought to court for corruption. He is the first Minister dismissed openly. He was succeeded by Soe Win, Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs and former Deputy Minister for Ministry of Information.^[4] Minister for Information Aung Kyi and Minister for Health Pe Thet Khin were allowed to resign on 29 July 2014.^{[citation needed]} They are succeeded by Ye Htut and Than Aung, Deputy Ministers.^[5]

Cabinet reshuffle (September 2012–February 2013)

On 4 September 2012,

The overwhelming majority of Ministers are Union Solidarity and Development Party members of parliament or military officers affiliated with the former State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), and four are civilians.^[12] 12 have previously held ministerial posts, while another 7 have held deputy ministerial posts during the SPDC administration. 3 are former regional army commanders. On 10 August 2011, the cabinet was reshuffled, with Kyaw Swa Khaing, previously the Minister of Industry No. 1 (with Minister of Industry No. 2, Soe Thein, concurrently becoming head of the Ministry of Industry-1), appointed as co-Minister of the President's Office.^[13]

Heads and Ministers

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  President
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  First Vice President
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  Second and First Vice President
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  Second Vice President
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  Foreign Minister
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  Education Minister
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  Information Minister
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  Health Minister
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  President Office Minister
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  President Office Minister
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  Communications and Information Technology Minister
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  Immigration Minister

Distant Tasks Carried Out

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2017)

2011

• 30 September (Myitsone Dam) – On 30 September 2011, in an address to the parliament, President Thein Sein announced that the Myitsone Dam project would be halted during the term of his government.^[15]
• U.S Secretary, Hillary Clinton Visit (1 December) – The United States Secretary, Hillary Clinton visited Naypyidaw and met with Cabinet's head Thein Sein. She is the first US state secretary to visit Myanmar in fifty years.

2012

• Aung San Su Kyi became the representative for Myanmar lower parliament, Pyithu Hluttaw from Kawhmu Township
  .
• At UN Head Quarter (27 September) - The head of the government addressees the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the head quarter, New York.[16]
• Obama First Visit (19 November) – United States President Barack Obama visited to Yangon for one day. He met with Cabinet's head Thein Sein at Yangon Region Parliament. He became the first US president to visit Myanmar.

2013

• VP Nyan Tun
  . The opening and closing ceremonies were held with the wonderful exploration of fireworks and many volunteers. It can be said the greatest event in Myanmar history. But, the critics said that the million dollar of money spent on the ceremonies are only wasted.

• VPs Sai Mauk Kham and Nyan Tun
  .
• 9th EAS Summit (12-13 November) – The cabinet hosted the Ninth East Asia Summit.
• ASEAN Chairman and ASEAN Summits – The head of the cabinet, Thein Sein chaired the 24th and 25th ASEAN Summits. 24th Summit was held on 4–5 May and the 25th Summit was on 12–13 November. The ASEAN leaders adopted the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on the ASEAN Community’s Post-2015 Vision and the Declaration on Strengthening the ASEAN Secretariat and Reviewing the ASEAN Organs and the ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change at the 25th ASEAN Summit.

2015

• Grand Military Review Parade Ceremony (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ရှုသဘင်)(4 January) - The head attended to the ceremony which was held in the 67th Independent day of Myanmar.
• Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement(15 October)-The cabinet signed Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement which is a milestone in peace process.

See also

• Cabinet of Myanmar

References