Charlie Than ( my, ချာလီသန်း; born 1950) is the Current Union Minister for

Ministry of Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. He is an engineer, retired rector and guest professor. He also served as chairman of Myanmar Engineering Council and patron of Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies. He was appointed as Union Minister for Industry by

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Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing ( my, မင်းအောင်လှိုင် abbreviated: MAL ; born 3 July 1956) also known as Alaungsithu is a Burmese politician and army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Coun ...

Education

Charlie Than was graduated with Mechanical Engineering from

Rangoon Institute of Technology Yangon Technological University (YTU) ( my, ရန်ကုန်နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် ), located in BPI, Yangon, is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. Established as Department of Engineering under Rango ...

(RIT) which is now Yangon Technological University. Later he gained Master of Engineering (Marine) and PhD with Naval Architecture.

Career

Civil service

After graduated from RIT, he has served

Irrawaddy Flotilla Company The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) was a passenger and cargo ferry company, which operated services on the Irrawaddy River in Burma, now Myanmar. The IFC was Scottish-owned, and was managed by P Henderson & Company from Glasgow. The IFC operated ...

, the Inland Water Transport of the

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government age ...

. Later he served as Engineer in Alone, Yadanabon and Dala Shipyards. In 1996, he was appointed as visiting Lecturer in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department of

Defence Services Technological Academy The Defence Services Technological Academy (DSTA) ( my, တပ်မတော် နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, ), located in Pyin-Oo-Lwin, Myanmar, is the premier technological university of the Myanmar Armed Forces. One o ...

. Later, he became guest professor. In 2002, he became the pro - rector for academic affairs of the newly formed university,

Myanmar Maritime University Myanmar Maritime University (MMU) ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ရေကြောင်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ် ), located in Thanlyin in the outskirts of Yangon, is the premier university of maritime education in ...

. It was one of the best universities in Myanmar with quality systems. In 2008, he was appointed as the Rector of that university. He retired from civil service in 2013. After 2013, he served as the patron of Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies. In 2019, he was elected as the chairman of Myanmar Engineering Council.

Union Minister

In 2019, after the resignation of Khin Maung Cho,

Win Myint Win Myint ( ; born 8 November 1951) is a Burmese politician who served as the tenth president of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021. He was removed from office in the 2021 Burmese coup d'état. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanm ...

composed the Ministry of Industry and

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and formed Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry (MOPFI). After 2021 coup, SAC separated MOPFI and formed again Ministry of Industry. Min Aung Hlaing appointed Charlie Than as the Union Minister for Industry on 22 May 2021.

References

{{reflist Government ministers of Myanmar Industry ministers of Myanmar Living people 1950 births