Tun Kyi attended the Basic Education High School in Monywa.
He graduated from the Defence Services Academy as part of its first intake.
[1] Tun Kyi was named commander in 1988 in Mandalay.
He was promoted as the minister of Ministry of Commerce at September 24, 1992.
Lt-General Tun Kyi was the member of the State Law and Order Restoration Council and was Chairman of the Committee for Boosting Meat and Fish Production and Controlling Consumer Prices, and Committee for Boosting Marine Production.