Khin San Yi ( my, ခင်စန်းရီ; also spelt Khin San Yee) is a Burmese development economist, previously served as
Minister for Education of Myanmar and
Minister for Science and Technology of Myanmar from February 2014 to 30 March 2016. She became the second Burmese woman to be appointed minister by the
Thein Sein
Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...
administration.
She was appointed by
Thein Sein
Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...
after the death of her predecessor,
Mya Aye and
Ko Ko Oo
Ko Ko Oo ( my, ကိုကိုဦး; 1961 – 9 December 2015) was a scientist, previously served as Minister for Science and Technology of Myanmar (MOST) from September 2012 to December 2015 until his death. He received his PhD in Nuclear P ...
, in December 2013 and December 2015.
She is also a former rector of the
Yangon Institute of Economics
The Yangon University of Economics (formerly the Institute of Economics, Yangon; my, ရန်ကုန် စီးပွားရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ) is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as ...
, serving from 2008 to 2012.
In April 2012, she was appointed as a deputy minister at the
, where she served under
Kan Zaw
Kan Zaw ( my, ကံဇော်, born 11 October 1954) is the current Union Minister for Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. He previously served as Union Auditor General under Min Aung Hlaing. He was the Minister for Nationa ...
until his recommendation that she be appointed Minister of Education.
She is an alumna of the
Yangon Institute of Economics
The Yangon University of Economics (formerly the Institute of Economics, Yangon; my, ရန်ကုန် စီးပွားရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ) is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as ...
, graduating with a bachelor's degree in commerce (specialty in accounting and auditing) and a master's degree in trade and marketing.
She pursued doctorate studies at the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
in Germany, earning a doctorate degree in economics degree in 1996.
She began pursuing doctorate studies in Germany in 1989.
However, her studies were interrupted when the Burmese government recalled all foreign exchange students in Europe after being subjected by sanctions.
She completed her studies five years later, in 1996.
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Burmese economists
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Government ministers of Myanmar
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