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Revision as of 08:02, 22 March 2016
Htin Kyaw | |
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ထင်ကျော် | |
| 9th President of Myanmar Elect | |
| Assuming office 30 March 2016 | |
| Vice President | Myint Swe Henry Van Thio |
| Leader | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Succeeding | Thein Sein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1946 Yangon, British Burma |
| Political party | National League for Democracy |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Yangon Institute of Economics University of London Arthur D. Little School of Management |
| Website | Government website |
Template:Contains Burmese text Htin Kyaw (Template:Lang-my [tʰɪ̀ɴ tɕɔ̀]; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese writer, scholar and presidential nominee. When he is seated on 30 March 2016, he will be the oldest and first elected civilian President of Myanmar after 1962.
He is an ethnic Mon-Bamar who had been mentioned as a possible presidential pick after the 2015 election while National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from the presidency.
Early life and education
Htin Kyaw was born in Rangoon, British Burma (now Myanmar) to the late Burmese scholar Min Thu Wun and Kyi Kyi.[1][2]
Htin Kyaw graduated high school from English Methodist High School in 1962. He enrolled at the Rangoon Institute of Economics (then part of the Rangoon Arts and Science University) and graduated with an M.Econ. in statistics in 1968. He started working as a teacher while studying towards his master's degree.[3] He then moved to University Computer Center as a programmer/system analyst in 1970. He pursued further studies on a scholarship to the Institute of Computer Science, University of London in 1971–1972 and attended computer studies in Asia Electronics Union, Tokyo in 1974.[1][4]
Career
Htin Kyaw completed a second master’s degree in computer science in 1975 before joining as a Deputy Division Chief in the Ministry of Industry 2 the same year.[5] In 1980, he was appointed as a Deputy Director in the Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Planning and Treasury, and resigned from government service in 1992.[1] He attended a course at the Arthur D. Little School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1987.[6][7]
He was arrested on 22 September 2000 and spent for four months in Insein prison for assisting Aung San Suu Kyi to travel outside Yangon.[8] From 2012, he worked as a senior executive for Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, founded by Aung San Suu Kyi and named after her mother Khin Kyi. Though not a veteran member of the NLD, Kyaw worked very closely with Aung San Suu Kyi at the Office of NLD Chairperson. Upon his nomination for presidency, Aung San Suu Kyi said she had chosen him for his truthfulness, loyalty and respectable education.[9][10][11] On 15 March 2016, Assembly of the Union elected Htin Kyaw as the next president, the first civilian to lead the country after more than 50 years of military rule.[3][12][13][14]
Presidency
On 10 March 2016, he was nominated as one of the Vice Presidents of Myanmar by the NLD for the House of Representatives (Lower House). On 11 March 2016, 274 MPs out of 317 (during Elected MPs assembly) voted him as one of the Vice Presidents. On 15 March 2016, 360 MPs out of 652 of the Assembly of the Union (Union Parliament) voted him as the President, ahead of Myint Swe and his party colleague Henry Van Thio.[15][16]
On 17 March 2016, Htin Kyaw proposed formation of 21 ministries with 18 ministers to be appointed and the proposal is underway for the approval of the Union Parliament.[17]
On 21 March 2016, he delivered a speech in the Union parliament for the first time regarding the proposal of the formation of ministries and the MPs of the Union Parliament approved it.[18]
Personal life
Htin Kyaw has been married to Su Su Lwin since 1973; she is the incumbent House of Representatives MP for Thongwa Township and Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives. His father was the famous writer, poet and scholar Min Thu Wun, who won a seat in the 1990 election. His father-in-law, U Lwin, was a co-founder of the National League for Democracy.[1][9]
Literary works
Htin Kyaw writes under the pen name Dala Ban, a famous Mon warrior. He wrote a biographical book about his father Min Thu Wun: The Father’s Life: Glimpses of my Father (Aba Bawa Aba Akyaung Tase Tasaung).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Who Is Htin Kyaw, Myanmar's Newly Elected President?". VOA.
- ^ "သမ္မတသစ် ဦးထင်ကျော်၏ အစ်ကို ဦးကျော်စိုးနှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ a b "ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံရဲ႕ ၉ ဦးေျမာက္ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတ". ဗီြအိုေအ. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Who is Htin Kyaw, Myanmar's new president?". South China Morning Post. 16 March 2016.
- ^ Ye Mon and Lun Min Mang. "U Htin Kyaw: from computer science grad to NLD loyalist".
- ^ "Myanmar's NLD nominates presidential candidate | Kyodo News". english.kyodonews.jp. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
- ^ "Ex-driver gears up for Myanmar rule but Suu Kyi still at wheel". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (2016-03-15). "Myanmar parliament elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in 53 years". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ a b Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "Daw Suu eyes foreign minister role".
- ^ "NLD Dropped a Name List to Lead Its New Government". The Burma Times.
- ^ "Myanmar Starts New Parliamentarye Era". The Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Htin Becomes First Civilian Myanmar President". TRT.
- ^ "Myanmar parliament elects first civilian president in decades". BBC.
- ^ Simon Lewis. "Myanmar: Who Is Htin Kyaw, Burma's New President?". TIME.com.
- ^ "Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades".
- ^ "Myanmar Lawmakers Name Htin Kyaw President, Affirming Civilian Rule". The New York Times. 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Htinkyaw propose formation of Ministries".
- ^ "Parliament Approves President-Elect's Proposal to Downsize Ministries".
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