Khin Yi

Khin Yi is a Burmese politician who has been the chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, the electoral proxy and governing party of the Tatmadaw, since 2022. He is a member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw and is expected to lead the USDP in the legislature. He is widely regarded as a close ally of military ruler Min Aung Hlaing.

Early life and education

Khin Yi was born on 29 December 1952. He graduated from the 17th intake in the Defence Services Academy.

He ordered the bloody crackdown on protesters at the Saffron Revolution, later became Immigration Minister in Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government and again in the military junta Min Aung Hlaing's cabinet.
Khin served as Minister of Immigration and Population from March 2011 to August 2015 and again from August 2021 to August 2022 as well as Chief of the Myanmar Police Force from April 2002 to March 2011.
He was appointed to lead the USDP in acting capacity from September to October 2022 and official capacity since October 2022 as well as Vice Chairman of the party from December 2019 to his official promotion to the party chairmanship in October 2022.
The Union Election Commission announced on January 2, 2026, that Khin Yi was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw as the representative from Zeyathiri Township in the Naypyidaw Union Territory in the 2025–26 Myanmar general election, considered a sham process by independent observers.