Thein Sein

Thein Sein (born April 20, 1945, Kyonku, Burma [now Myanmar]) is a military officer and politician of Myanmar who served as president of the country (2011–16). Few details are known about Thein Sein’s early life. He was born and raised in a small village in southern Myanmar in the western part of the vast Irrawaddy River delta, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Pathein. His family was poor. His father wove bamboo mats and...