Kyaw Tint Swe ( my, ကျော်တင့်ဆွေ; born 19 March 1945
) is a Burmese politician and former Minister for the Office of the
State Counsellor of Myanmar
The state counsellor of Myanmar ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) was the title of the ''de facto'' head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister. The office ...
.
Career
Kyaw Tint Swe joined the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
in 1968
and served in various positions in the embassies of Myanmar in
Israel
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,
Malaysia
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,
Germany
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,
Thailand
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and
Japan
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. From 1990 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2001, he served as Secretary of Myanmar’s National Commission for Environmental Affairs. He also served as Chairman of the Senior Officials for the Environment for the
Association of South-East Asian Nations
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(ASEAN),
From 2001 to 2010, he served as the Ambassador of Myanmar to the
United Nations
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.
He also served as Vice-Chairman of the
Myanmar National Human Rights Commission
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated MNHRC) is the independent national human right ...
from 2011 to 2013. In 2013, he worked closely with
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...
on the
Letpadaung Copper Mine
The Letpadaung Copper Mine ( my, လက်ပံတောင်းတောင် ကြေးနီသတ္တုတွင်း) is a large surface mine in the Salingyi Township of Sagaing Region of Myanmar. Since Myanmar began liberalizing in ...
Investigation Commission.
References
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Burmese diplomats
Permanent Representatives of Myanmar to the United Nations
University of Yangon alumni
1945 births
Living people