Nay Soe Maung ( my, နေစိုးမောင်; born 17 November 1956) is a Burmese
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
and professor who served as Rector of the
University of Public Health, Yangon from 2013 to 2017, and as President of the People's Health Foundation. He is also known as the
anti-tobacco control activist in Myanmar.
Early life and education
Nay Soe was born on 17 November 1956 in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
,
Myanmar
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. He is the son of Major general
Tin Sein, a former Deputy Defense Minister of Burma. He graduated with MBBS and Diploma from
University of Medicine 1, Yangon, MPH and ICHD from
Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium, and Master of Development Study from
University of Economics, Yangon.
Career
Nay Soe Maung became an army doctor in
Myanmar Army Medical Corps and Military Hospital up to the rank of a colonel after his graduation. He also served as a lecturer, professor and later head of Department of Health Policy in the
University of Public Health, Yangon. Afterwards, he was appointed as Rector of the
University of Public Health, Yangon in 2013.
[
He has over 20 years of medical research experiences the majority of which is focused on disease control on CD as well as NCD including neglected tropical diseases as Lymphatic Filariasis, Malaria, DHF etc. Nay Soe Maung has a strong research experiences including CD, NCD, Environmental Health, Health System Strengthening and Health Policy and System research.][
He is currently the president of the Myanmar Hiking and Mountaineering Federation and vice-president of the Myanmar Organization for Road Safety (MORS).
In the aftermath of the ]2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
, Nay Soe Maung posted a photo of himself supporting the demonstration on Facebook
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, saying that as a retired public official, he stood together with the public and the truth.
Award
He was awarded "World No Tobacco Day 2014 Award" by World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
for his devoted works and major contribution to Tobacco Control Program of Myanmar.[
]
Personal life
Nay married Kyi Kyi Shwe, a daughter of dictator Than Shwe
Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
During this ...
. They have one son, Nay Shwe Thway Aung
Nay Shwe Thway Aung ( my, နေရွှေသွေးအောင်; born 22 May 1991), also known as Phoe La Pyae ( my, ဖိုးလပြည့်; ) is a Burmese public figure and a business tycoon, who is the grandson of Senior General ...
.
References
External links
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Living people
1956 births
University of Medicine 1, Yangon alumni
Burmese public health doctors
Burmese activists
Family of Than Shwe
Burmese military doctors