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Than Myint

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.