Kyaw Win ( my, ကျော်ဝင်း ; 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
Labutta or Latputta ( my, လပွတ္တာမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Labutta Township and the Labutta District, Ayeyarwady Region, Ayeyarwaddy Region. Labutta li ...
,
Irrawaddy Division
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
, Burma (now Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar) to Pwa Gyi and Aye Nyunt on 23 February 1948.
Career
In 2015, Kyaw Win was elected as a
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
in the
Pyithu Hluttaw
The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representatives) is the ''de jure'' lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of whic ...
for the constituency of
Dagon Seikkan.
In 2016, he was nominated as
Minister of Planning and Finance in
Htin Kyaw's inaugural
Cabinet
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Furniture
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, 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.
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.
References
1948 births
Living people
Finance ministers of Myanmar
Government ministers of Myanmar
Members of Pyithu Hluttaw
National League for Democracy politicians
People from Ayeyarwady Region
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