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{{Short description|Burmese major general and chief minister}}
{{for|the National League for Democracy politician|Nyan Win (NLD)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Nyan Win|lang=Burmese}}
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|honorific-prefix   = [[His Excellency]]
|name               = Nyan Win
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|caption            = Nyan Win at UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.
|office             = 1st Chief Minister of [[Bago Region]]
|term_start         = 30 March 2011
|term_end           = 30 March 2016
|predecessor        = Office Established
|successor          = [[Win Thein]]
|constituency       = [[Zigon Township]]
|office2 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Burma)|18th Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|leader2  = [[Than Shwe]]
|term_start2 = 18 September 2004
|term_end2 = 30 March 2011
|predecessor2 = [[Win Aung (minister)|Win Aung]]
|successor2 = [[Wunna Maung Lwin]]
|office3 = Deputy Chief of Armed Forces Training
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|birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1953|1|22}}
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|nationality        = Burmese
|party              = [[Union Solidarity and Development Party]]
|spouse             = Myint Myint Soe
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|children           = 3 sons<ref name="emb">{{cite web|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=04RANGOON1250|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221082439/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=04RANGOON1250|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2013|title=Burma's New Foreign Minister: Not Ready For Prime Time?|date=22 September 2004|publisher=American Embassy at Rangoon|accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>
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|alma_mater         = [[Defence Services Academy]]<br/>[[National Defence College, India]]<ref name="emb"/>
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|branch             = [[Myanmar Army]]
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|president=[[Thein Sein]]|appointer=[[President of Myanmar]]}}
'''Nyan Win''' ({{langx|my|ဉာဏ်ဝင်း}}, {{IPA|my|ɲàɰ̃ wɪ́ɰ̃|pron}}; born 22 January 1953) is a former Chief Minister of [[Bago Region]], having served from 2011 to 2016. He won a Regional Hluttaw seat in an uncontested election in 2010, representing [[Zigon Township]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dvb.no/elections/burma-fm-%E2%80%98guaranteed-election-win%E2%80%99/12286|title=Burma FM ‘guaranteed election win’|last=Aye Nai|date=21 August 2011|work=Democratic Voice of Burma|accessdate=21 August 2011}}</ref> and was appointed Chief Minister of the region on 30 March 2011. Prior to his election, he was the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Burma)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of [[Myanmar]], having been appointed on 18 September 2004. He was a [[Major General]] in the [[Myanmar Army|Burmese Army]]. He was Deputy Chief of Military Training for the Myanmar Armed Forces before he became a member of the [[State Peace and Development Council|SPDC]]. He also served as Commandant of CGSC (Command and General Staff College). He graduated from the 18th intake of [[Defence Services Academy]] (DSA).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=4001|title=Introducing Burma’s New Foreign Minister|date=20 September 2004|work=The Irrawaddy|accessdate=21 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303022625/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=4001|archive-date=3 March 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is married to Myint Myint Soe.

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==External links==
*[https://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/myanmar-e.pdf Myanmar apologizes, Japan seeks explanations]
*[http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071001235618.gt62qfkt.html Myanmar violence blamed on 'opportunists' backed by 'powerful countries']{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101001235428/http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/09/myanmar-general-debate-65th-session.html Foreign Minister Nyan Win addresses] the [[United Nations General Assembly]], September 28, 2010

{{Chief Ministers of Burma}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:People from Bago Region]]
[[Category:Burmese generals]]


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