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Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe (Burmese: ညွန့်ဝင်းဆွေ) is a Burmese military officer and current commander of Myanmar's Yangon Command.
Military career
He was appointed to the post in June 2020, and previously served as the commandant of the Defence Services Medical Academy and commander of the Southwestern Command.
In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military junta declared martial law in Yangon, the country's largest city, an act that effectively granted Nyunt Win Swe with administrative and judicial powers in Yangon's townships. Nyunt Win Swe led military and police forces who committed the Hlaingthaya massacre on 14 March 2021. He has been sanctioned by the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada for violating human rights and committing crimes against civilians in the Yangon Command.
In April 2023, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, succeeding Khin Hlaing as the head of Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) No. 4.