Thein Sein cabinet
Cabinet ofMyanmar
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	Tin Aung Myint Oo (VP) (2011–2012) Sai Mauk Kham (VP) (2011–2016) Nyan Tun (VP) (2012–2016)
Member party	USDP–Military
Opposition party	NLD
Opposition leader	Aung San Suu Kyi
History
Election	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 PresidentThein Sein, is the first democratically elected government of Myanmar after the military government. It took office on 30 March 2011 after the2010 Myanmar general election to 30 March 2016.

On 12 August 2015, MinisterTin Naing Thein,Myat Hein,Khin Yi andThan Htay, who will be competing in theNovember 8 election had resigned, and Lt-GenWai Lwin and Lt-GenThet Naing Win had moved to their former military responsibilities, replaced by Lt-Gen Sein Win and Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe.^[1] On 9 December, ministerKo Ko Oo died andKhin San Yi co-administrated both ministries.

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 InformationAung Kyi and Minister for HealthPe Thet Khin were allowed to resign on 29 July 2014.^{[citation needed]} They are succeeded byYe Htut andThan Aung, Deputy Ministers.^[5]

On 4 September 2012,Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approved the government's reshuffle of ministries, increasing the number to 36, including six ministers located in the President's Office. ThePresident approved the resignation ofZaw Min, Union Minister for Electric Power-1, andKhin Maung Myint, UnionMinister for Construction. The President also approved the resignation of Union Auditor-General Lun Maung on 28 August.Thein Hteik, Union Minister for Mines, was appointed as Union Auditor-General, and Lt-Gen Wai Lwin of the Office of Commander-in-Chief (Army) as Union Defence Minister. Wai Lwin was replaced Lt-GenHla Min, who was reassigned to the military.^[6] During the government's majorcabinet reshuffle, nine ministers have been reassigned, mainly with four transferred to the President's Office and one,Aung Kyi, named as the newMinister for Information, replacingKyaw Hsan, who was transferred to the Ministry of Cooperatives as minister. In the present reformation of the cabinet, Ministries of Electric Power No. 1 and 2 were combined into one as the Ministry of Electric Power, while the Ministry of Industrial Development was abolished.^[7][8]

On 16 January 2013, Minister for Communications and Information Technology,Thein Tun andMinister for Religious Affairs, ThuraMyint Maung abruptly resigned.Thein Tun was the first government minister known to have been investigated for corruption under the new government. San Sint, Speaker ofAyeyarwady Region Hluttaw succeed Thura Myint Maung later. On 13 February 2013, former Commander-in-Chief ofair force, GeneralMyat Hein become minister for Communications and Information Technology.^[3]

This appointments serve as a reminder that most ministers in the government are former officers who played a role in the previousmilitary junta. Since taking office in 2011, thereformistpresident, who is himself a former general, has selected former seniormilitary officers into government as it simply continues the flawed practices of past military rule, and given only a handful of posts to people without a military background.^[9]

The Cabinet was sworn in on 30 March 2011 at theHluttaw complex inNaypyidaw, after being appointed by PresidentThein Sein.^[10] Four ministers, namely of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Border Affairs were nominated by Commander-in-ChiefThan Shwe.^[11] Two ministries, the Ministry of the President's Office and the Ministry of Industrial Development were created by theHluttaw (Parliament) on 9 February 2011.^[11]

The overwhelming majority of Ministers areUnion Solidarity and Development Party members of parliament ormilitary officers affiliated with the formerState 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]

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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

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2011

• 30 September (Myitsone Dam) – On 30 September 2011, in an address to the parliament, PresidentThein 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

• 2012 Myanmar by-elections (1 April) – The UEC held the by-election in April. This make the opponent leader,Aung San Su Kyi and her party members able to theParliament.Aung San Su Kyi became the representative for Myanmar lower parliament,Pyithu Hluttaw fromKawhmu 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 PresidentBarack Obama visited toYangon for one day. He met with Cabinet's head Thein Sein atYangon Region Parliament. He became the first US president to visit Myanmar.

2013

• 27th SEA Games – The Cabinet held the 27th SEA Games after 44 years later the last hosted in Yangon in 1969 as5th SEAP Games.The game was hosted inNaypyidaw,Yangon,Mandalay andNgwe Saung. The games were officially opened on 11 December 2013 and closed on 22 December 2013 by theVPNyan 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.

2014

• 2014 ASEAN Para Games – The ASEAN Para Games was held in January 2014 after the27th SEA Games. The games were officially opened on January 14 and closed on 20 January byVPsSai Mauk Kham andNyan Tun.
• 9th EAS Summit (12-13 November) – The cabinet hosted the Ninth East Asia Summit.
• ASEAN Chairman andASEAN 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 signedNationwide Ceasefire Agreement which is a milestone in peace process.

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