Sein Win
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Dr. Sein Win is Chairman of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma is an administration claimed to be the government in exile of Burma. It has its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, United States...

, a "government in exile". And they made him Unofficial Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

 of the Union of Burma, elected by the 1990 People's Assembly known as the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma is an administration claimed to be the government in exile of Burma. It has its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, United States...

 – a government-in-exile since 1990.

Biography

Sein Win was born on the 16th of December 1944 in Taungdwingyi
Taungdwingyi
Taungdwingyi is a town of Taungdwingyi Township in Magway District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. People inhabited this area since thousands of years ago and one of the earliest civilization of Myanmar, Beikthano Ancient Pyu City, is located near the town. Territorial area is plane and rice,...

, Burma, son of U Ba Win and Daw Khin Saw. His father was the elder brother of General Aung San
Aung San
Bogyoke Aung San ; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, and founder of the modern Burmese army, the Tatmadaw....

and was part of the cabinet of Aung San. Ba Win was assassinated in 1947, together with Aung San and most members of the cabinet, just before Burma gained independence. Sein Win received his BSc.(Math) from University of Rangoon in 1965. He received the Dipl. Math in 1974 and a Dr. rer. nat. in 1979 from Hamburg University in Germany. He served as a lecturer at Colombo University in Sri Lanka from 1980 to 1981 and at Nairobi University in Kenya from 1982 to 1984.
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