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Than Shwe

Military · Person of interest · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Than Shwe is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Tanas Šve · Than Shwe · Than Šwei · Ταν Σουέ · Тан Шве · 12 more...				[sources]
Other name	Agga Maha Thray Sithu Than Shwe · Aukščiausiasis generolas Than Shwe · Aukščiausiasis generolas U Than Shwe · Bogyoke Hmu Gyi Than Shwe · Bogyoke Than Shwe · 96 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ဦးသန်းရွှေ · ជេនរ៉លជាន់ខ្ពស់ថាន់ស្វេ · ជេនរ៉លថាន់ស្វេ · ユー・タン・シュエ · 上級大将タン・シュエ · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1933-02-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Kyaukse				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Myanmar				[sources]
Citizenship	Myanmar				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Than Shwe				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q202553				[sources]
Position	Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (1992-2011) · President of Myanmar (1992-2011) · Prime Minister of Myanmar (1992-2003) · State Peace and Development Council (1992-2011)				[sources]
Education	M.V. Frunze Military Academy · Officers Training School, Bahtoo				[sources]
Religion	Buddhism · Theravāda				[sources]
Ethnicity	Bamar				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-20	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2023-07-18

Burmese senior general and head of state of Myanmar of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-09-25

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Canada	Global Affairs Canada		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kyaing San Shwe Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services	1992-04-23	2011-03-30
State Peace and Development Council	1992-04-23

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kyaing Kyaing Politician	spouse	-	-

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ca-sema-burma-2-1 · ca-sema-2-1-mm-than-shwe · ca-sema-2ac088c76edd4bfd7b0a8d85873ca73c0f5fcd75

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