Kyaw Tin (Burmese: ကျော်တင်; born 31 October 1955) is former union minister for International Cooperation of Myanmar. He also served as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs under Aung San Suu Kyi. As of November 2021, Kyaw Tin continued to be recognized by ASEAN as Myanmar's foreign minister.[1][2]
Kyaw Tin | |
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ကျော်တင် | |
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| Union Minister of International Cooperation | |
| In office 23 November 2017 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Deputy | Hau Do Suan (2020-2021) |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Ko Ko Hlaing |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2016–2017 | |
| Minister | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Preceded by | Tin Oo Lwin |
| Succeeded by | Kyaw Myo Htut |
| Myanmar ambassador to Canada | |
| In office 19 April 2011 – 2013 | |
| Minister | Wunna Maung Lwin |
| Preceded by | Aye |
| Succeeded by | Hau Do Suan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 31, 1955 Wuntho, Sagaing Region |
| Nationality | Myanmar |
| Alma mater | |
Early life and education
editKyaw Tin was born on 31 October 1955 in Wuntho of Sagaing Division. He graduated with a masters degree with Mathematics from Yangon University and earned his post-graduate diploma in environmental management from Dresden University of Technology in Germany.
Career
editForeign affairs
editKyaw Tin served in the foreign affairs services for approximately 30 years.
| Year | Duty |
| 1982-1983 | Chancellor in Canberra |
| 1983-1984 | Deputy Assistant Director of the International Organizations Division |
| 1984-1986 | Third Secretary at the New York Permanent Mission |
| 1986-1987 | Deputy Assistant Director of International Organizations and Economic Department |
| 1987-1991 | Second Secretary at the Embassy in Bangkok |
| 1991-1994 | head of Branch 1 of the International Organizations and Economic Department |
| 1994-1997 | First Secretary/Second Secretary at Myanmar's Permanent Mission in Geneva |
| 1997-1999 | Assistance Director of the International Organizations and Economic Department |
| 1999- 2001 | Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Economic Department |
| 2001-2003 | Deputy Chief of Mission/Counsellor in Jakarta |
| 2003-2005 | Counsellor at the Permanent Mission in New York |
| 2005-2006 | Director of the South and West Asia Division, Political Department of MOFA |
| 2007- 2008 | Deputy Director-General of Political Department of MOFA |
| 2008-2011 | Director -General of Political Department of MOFA |
| 2011-2013 | Ambassador of Myanmar to Canada |
| 2013- ?? | Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations |
Minister
editKyaw Tin became the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs under Aung San Suu Kyi.In April 2016, Aung San Suu Kyi hold the post, State Counsellor.So she can't attend to some foreign ministers meetings. Kyaw Tin attended to the Foreign Meetings as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs.In 2017, Htin Kyaw formed the new ministry, International Cooperation and appointed Kyaw Tin as union minister.Since then Kyaw Tin attended to foreign ministers meetings as minister of International Cooperation.[5]
In the aftermath of the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Tatmadaw appointed Ko Ko Hlaing as Kyaw Tin's successor for International Cooperation minister on 1 February 2021.[6]
References
edit- ^ "LIST OF ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS" (PDF). ASEAN. May 2021.
- ^ "Can ASEAN overcome the 'Myanmar curse'?". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "New Burmese Ambassador to Canada: a messenger for new regime in Burma?". Archived from the original on 2021-05-11.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Myanmar Presents Credentials".
- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ရုံးဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့ကို တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းမည်" (in Burmese).
- ^ "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.