Win Myat Aye ( my, ဝင်းမြတ်အေး ; born 1 June 1954) is a Burmese politician and former Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of

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(Burma). He also serves as the chairman of the Myanmar Youth Affairs Committee. He previously served as

Amyotha Hluttaw The Amyotha Hluttaw ( my, အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, ; House of Nationalities) is the ''de jure'' upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 members, of ...

MP for

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

No. 4 constituency. He is a practicing

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and previously served as the rector of the

University of Medicine, Magway The University of Medicine, Magway ( my, ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မကွေး), ) located in Magway, is one of five universities of medicine in Myanmar. The university offers an M.B., B.S. degree program, and master's degree pr ...

Early life and education

Win Myat Aye was born on 1 June 1954 in

Pyuntaza Pyuntaza (; also spelt Pyuntasa) is a small town located in Nyaunglebin Township, Bago District, Bago Region, Myanmar. It is about from Bago, Burma, Bago (formerly Pegu). The dominant ethnic group is Bamar, although there is a substantial number ...

Pegu Division Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the count ...

Burma 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 Wells explai ...

(now Myanmar) to U Than and Daw Aye. He graduated from Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon with medical degree in March 1980 and master's degree in pediatrics in February 1994. He got doctorate degree in pediatrics in October 2006.

Medical and academic career

Win Myat Aye served as an assistant medical officer at Yangon Children's Hospital from 1988 to 1998, as an paediatrician at Waibargi Hospital from 2001 to 2004. He also served as a lecturer from 2004 to 2006 and as an associate professor from 2006 to 2007 at

. He served as an associate professor from 2007 to 2010, and as a professor from 2010 to 2011 at

University of Medicine 1, Yangon The University of Medicine 1, Yangon ( my, ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်(၁) ရန်ကုန် ; formerly the Institute of Medicine 1), located in Yangon, it is the oldest medical school in Myanmar. The university offers M.B., B.S. ( ...

. On 13 January 2011, Win Myat Aye became the rector of University of Medicine, Magway. He retired from his post in 2014.

Political career

2015 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the mil ...

, he was elected as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Bago Region No. 4 constituency. On 22 March 2016, he was nominated to be Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in

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. On 24 March, the

Assembly of the Union The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စု လွှတ်တော် lit. Assembly of the Union) is the ''de jure'' national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar (officially known as the ''Republic of the Union of My ...

confirmed his nomination. During 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 ...

on 1 February, Win Myat Aye was placed under

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by the

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Personal life

He married Mya Thida, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and has one son, Soe Lin Myat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Win Myat Aye Burmese paediatricians 1954 births Living people People from Bago Region Members of the House of Nationalities National League for Democracy politicians University of Medicine 1, Yangon alumni Government ministers of Myanmar