Win Thein graduated with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and an AGTI diploma.[2] Before becoming a politician for Yedashe Township, he worked as a farmer.[2]
Win Thein was appointed as Chief Minister of Bago Region on 30 March 2016 by President Htin Kyaw.[3] In October 2019, he apologized for controversial remarks encouraging villagers to marry schoolteachers to retain them in the countryside.[4] In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, he was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[5]
^"Meet your chief ministers". www.mmtimes.com. Myanmar Times. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-02-04. U Win Thein, Bago Region chief minister: Fifty-two-year old U Win Thein graduated with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and an AGTI diploma. Before becoming a politician for Yedashe township, he worked as a farmer. His party CV lists him a Buddhist with one son.