{{Short description|Burmese politician and military officer}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chit Swe | native_name = ချစ်ဆွေ | native_name_lang = my | birth_date = 18 January 1932 | birth_place = Mawlamyaing, Burma | rank = Lieutenant General | allegiance = Myanmar | branch = Myanmar Army | office = Minister for Agriculture and Forestry<br>Minister for Co‑Operatives<br>Minister for Livestock and Fisheries | term_start = 20 September 1988 | term_end = 23 July 1997 }}
Lieutenant‑General '''Chit Swe''' ({{langx|my|ချစ်ဆွေ}}; born 18 January 1932) is a Burmese retired military officer and politician. He served as Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Minister for Co‑Operatives and Minister for Livestock and Fisheries in Myanmar from 1988 until his retirement in 1997.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
==Military career== Chit Swe rose through the ranks of the Myanmar Army, serving as head of the North Eastern Command and South Eastern Command.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}} He was promoted to Brigadier General in the early 1980s and later to Major General in 1986, leading Bureau of Special Operations 2.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
==Political career== On 20 September 1988, Chit Swe was appointed minister of three ministries: the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Co‑Operatives, and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 18 March 1990. He later served specifically as Minister of Forestry until his retirement in 1997.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brunner |first1=Jake |last2=Talbot |first2=Kirk |last3=Elkin |first3=Chantal |title=Logging Burma's Frontier Forests: Resources and the Regime |date=1998 |publisher=World Resources Institute |url=http://pdf.wri.org/loggingburmasfrontierforests_bw.pdf |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Rabinowitz | first=A. | title=Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed | publisher=Island Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-59726-824-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSO8BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 | access-date=2024-06-04 | page=70}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Bryant | first=R.L. | title=The Political Ecology of Forestry in Burma, 1824-1994 | publisher=Hurst | year=1997 | isbn=978-1-85065-283-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohhM2ho9k2kC&pg=PA188 | access-date=2024-06-04 | page=188}}</ref>
===International representation=== Chit Swe represented Myanmar in international forestry and agricultural forums. As Minister of Forestry, he delivered an opening address at the *Second Regional Seminar on Teak* hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, highlighting sustainable forest management and international cooperation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Opening Address by H. E. Lt. General Chit Swe – Minister, Ministry of Forestry |url=https://www.fao.org/4/ac773e/ac773e02.htm |publisher=FAO |access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref>
==Works== * ''Tay Ta Nae Mwe Ta Nae'' by Naung Sit Te
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * FAO — Opening Address by H. E. Lt. General Chit Swe (Minister, Ministry of Forestry) (https://www.fao.org/4/ac773e/ac773e02.htm)
Category:1932 births Category:Living people Category:Burmese generals Category:Burmese Mon people Category:People from Mawlamyine Category:Officers Training School, Bahtoo alumni