Thein Soe (Burmese: သိန်းစိုး; born 23 January 1952) is a former major general in the Myanmar Armed Forces and the incumbent chairman of the Union Election Commission.

Thein Soe was born on 23 January 1952 in the town of Kani, Sagaing Division, Burma (now Myanmar),[1] to Ba Thu and Tin Aye.

[5] The National League for Democracy and other pro-democracy parties ultimately boycotted the election, citing unfair electoral laws and oversight.

Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the State Administrative Council, the military regime, re-appointed Thein Soe to chair the UEC on 2 February 2021.

[8] On 31 January 2022, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions against Soe and two other individuals in Myanmar "for their involvement in undermining democracy and the rule of law" and being "responsible for disregarding the Myanmar election results in November 2020 and supporting unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud in an attempt to legitimise the coup.