Kyaw Win

Kyaw Win
ကျော်ဝင်း
Minister for Planning and Finance
Assumed office
30 March 2016
President Htin Kyaw
Preceded by Kan Zaw (National Planning and Economic Development)
Win Shein (Finance)
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
1 February 2016  30 March 2016
Constituency Dagon Seikkan
Personal details
Born (1948-02-23) February 23, 1948
Labutta, Burma (Myanmar)
Political party National League for Democracy (NLD)
Spouse(s) Khin Saw Yu
Children 3
Alma mater Yangon Institute of Economics
Religion Theravada Buddhist

Kyaw Win (Burmese: ကျော်ဝင်း [tɕɔ̀ wɪ́ɴ]; born 23 February 1948) is a Burmese politician who has been a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of the Pyithu Hluttaw for the constituency of Dagon Seikkan since the Myanmar general election, 2015.[1][2]

Born in Labutta, in 2016 he was nominated as Minister of Planning and Finance in Htin Kyaw's inaugural Cabinet, whereupon his academic credentials came under scrutiny and he was revealed to have listed a bogus PhD on his CV from a fictitious online university, Brooklyn Park University.[3][4]

References

  1. Lun Min Mang; Aung Shin; Thomas Kean; Laignee Barron (23 March 2016). "Who's who: Myanmar's new cabinet". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်များ၏ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းများ". 7Day News (in Burmese). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. "Myanmar finance minister nominee Kyaw Win has fake degree". BBC News. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. Shibani Mahtani; Myo Myo. "New Myanmar Cabinet Members Face Questions About Academic Credentials". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2016.


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