 Win Htein is considered to be one of the closest confidantes of NLD chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi.Win Htein was born in Sel Kone Village, Meiktila, Mandalay Region, Burma to parents Hla Tun and Khin Su.He joined the Tatmadaw in 1959, graduating at the top of his class in 1963 from the fifth intake of the Defence Services Academy.