“s military academy in 1968 and rose steadily through the ranks in his 40-year career. He reached the leadership circle in the 1990s when he became a member of the State Peace and Development Council, as the junta called itself at the time. He was made first secretary of the council after the downfall of former intelligence chief General Khin Nyunt in 2004. Thein Sein also chaired the National Convention, which drafted the country”
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