Than Aung ( my, သန်းအောင်, ) is a former Minister for the Ministry of Health of

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 ...

(Burma). He previously served as Deputy Minister for Ministry of Health, Member of

Naypyidaw Council Naypyidaw Council ( my, နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီ, also spelt Nay Pyi Taw Council) is the executive body under the President of Myanmar that administers Naypyidaw Union Territory. The Council is formed by the President ...

and director of Myanmar Army Medical Corps.

Criticism

He is a former military

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 close to former military general

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 ...

. His appointment of the military officers to the Ministry of Health in August 2015 was faced with a strong opposition from medical fellows, known as

Black Ribbon Movement Myanmar The Black Ribbon Movement Myanmar was a movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar (Burma) in August 2015. Background Successive Burmese ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Than Aung Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Burmese generals Burmese military doctors Politicians from Yangon Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians Health ministers of Myanmar