Kyaw Win

Kyaw Win
Kyaw Win
	ကျော်ဝင်း
Minister for Planning and Finance
	In office; 30 March 2016 – 25 May 2018
President	Htin Kyaw; Myint Swe (acting); Win Myint
Preceded by	Kan Zaw (National Planning and Economic Development); Win Shein (Finance)
Succeeded by	Soe Win
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
	In office; 1 February 2016 – 30 March 2016
Constituency	Dagon Seikkan
Personal details
Born	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

Kyaw Win (Burmese: ကျော်ဝင်း [tɕɔ̀ wɪ́ɴ]; born 23 February 1948) is a Burmese politician who previously served as Minister for Planning and Finance of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 25 May 2018.

Early life and education

Kyaw Win in Labutta, Irrawaddy Division, Burma (now Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar) to Pwa Gyi and Aye Nyunt on 23 February 1948.[1]

Career

In 2015, Kyaw Win was elected as a member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for the constituency of Dagon Seikkan.[2][3]

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.[4][5] He resigned from his position in May 2018. The President Office accepted his resignation on 25 May 2018.

Personal life

Kyaw Win is married to Khin Saw Yu, and has three children, Khin Nwe Nwe Win, Thiha Kyaw, and Sithu Kyaw.[1]

References

"ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ". 7Day News Journal (in Burmese). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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.
"ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်များ၏ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းများ". 7Day News (in Burmese). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
"Myanmar finance minister nominee Kyaw Win has fake degree". BBC News. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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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[:0-1] "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ". 7Day News Journal (in Burmese). Retrieved 2020-04-25.

[2] 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.

[7Day-3] "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်များ၏ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းများ". 7Day News (in Burmese). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

[4] "Myanmar finance minister nominee Kyaw Win has fake degree". BBC News. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[5] Shibani Mahtani; Myo Myo. "New Myanmar Cabinet Members Face Questions About Academic Credentials". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2016.