Than Myint

His Excellency
Than Myint
သန်းမြင့်
Than Myint in 2020
Minister for Commerce
In office
30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021
PresidentHtin Kyaw
Myint Swe (acting)
Win Myint
Preceded byWin Myint
Succeeded byPwint San
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 February 2016 – 30 March 2016
ConstituencyHlaingthaya
Personal details
Born (1943-01-17) January 17, 1943 (age 81)
Ingapu Township, British Burma (now Myanmar)
Political partyNational League for Democracy (NLD)
SpouseKhin Htay
Alma materYangon Institute of Economics

Than Myint (Burmese: သန်းမြင့် [θáɴ mjɪ̰ɴ]; born 17 January 1943) is a Burmese politician and former Minister for Commerce of Myanmar (Burma).

Early life and education

Than Myint was born on 17 January 1943 to Tin Maung and Daw San in the village of Sitkyun, Ingapu Township, Burma (now Myanmar).[1]

Career

He previously served as a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of the House of Representatives for the constituency of Hlaingthaya.[2][3]

In 2016 he was nominated as Minister of Commerce in Htin Kyaw's inaugural Cabinet, whereupon his academic credentials came under scrutiny and he was revealed to have listed a PhD on his CV from Pacific Western University (California), a now defunct institution which was not accredited, and had been found by a US congressional investigation to be a diploma mill which issued degrees without requiring students to meet stringent criteria of academic merit.[4]

During the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Than Myint was placed under house arrest by the Myanmar Armed Forces.[5]

Personal life

Than Myint is married to Thin Htay, a retired development bureaucrat and has no children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ". 7Day News Journal (in Burmese). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ^ "Who's who: Myanmar's new cabinet". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်များ၏ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းများ". 7Day News (in Burmese). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ "New Myanmar Cabinet Members Face Questions About Academic Credentials". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Recent Arrest List" (PDF). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 4 February 2021.


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