Than Win

Than Win (Burmese: သန်းဝင်း) is a Burmese obstetrician, gynaecologist and politician. He served as a member of Amyotha Hluttaw[1] until his removal on 1 February 2021, following the military coup. He was a chairman of international relations committee of the Amyotha Hluttaw[2] and a former rector of University of Medicine, Mandalay.[3]

Professor Dr.
Than Win
သန်းဝင်း
Member of the House of Nationalities
Assumed office
1 February 2016
Constituency№ 1 constituency of Mandalay Region
Majority245982 (77.33%)
Rector of University of Medicine, Mandalay
In office
January 2008 – April 2013
Personal details
Born (1953-04-02) 2 April 1953
Mandalay, Myanmar
Political partyNational League for Democracy
SpouseNi Ni Tin
Parent(s)Than Tun (father)
Mya Sein (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Medicine, Mandalay (M.B.B.S)
OccupationPolitician, Obstetrician and gynaecologist

Early life and education

Than Win was born to Than Tun, a rector of agricultural institute, and Mya Sein on 2 February 1953 at Mandalay.[1] He went to Basic Education High School No. 9 Mandalay, and passed the matriculation examination with distinction in five subjects, the whole Burma top 7 in 1969.[3] He enrolled at the University of Medicine Mandalay and graduated with the degree in MBBS in 1976. He completed his first master's degree in the field of obstetrics and gynecology (OG).[3] He gained a scholarship to England and achieved MRCOG from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[1] He also got DrMed Sc (OG), Dip-MedEd and FRCOG.[1]

Medicial and academic career

He workes as a lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Medicine, Mandalay. He then became an associate professor. From there, he served as the pro-rector.

In 2008, Than Win was appointed as a rector of the University of Medicine Mandalay.[3] He retired from the rector in 2013. In 2014, he was awarded as an emeritus professor of University of Medicine Mandalay.[3]

Political career

In the 2015 Myanmar general election, Than Win contested in No. 1 constituency of Mandalay Region, inclusive of Aungmyethazan Township, Chanayethazan Township and Patheingyi Township, from the National League for Democracy, and won a House of Nationalities seat.[4][5]

References
  1. "ပါမောက္ခ ဒေါက်တာသန်းဝင်း | အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်". www.amyotha.hluttaw.mm.
  2. "အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် နိုင်ငံတကာဆက်ဆံရေး၊ လွှတ်တော်ချင်းချစ်ကြည်ရေးနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ရေးကော်မတီ၏ လုပ်ငန်းဆောင်ရွက်ချက်များ | News and Periodical Enterprise". www.moi.gov.mm.
  3. "ပါမောက္ခ ဦးသန်း၀င်း". ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် မန္တလေး ကျောင်းသားဟောင်းများအသင်း (in Burmese).
  4. "ပြောင်းလဲဖို့လိုပြီဆိုတဲ့ ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် ပါမောက္ခချုပ် ဝန်ထမ်းဘဝမှာ ဘယ်လို အလွဲတွေနဲ့ တွေ့ကြံုခဲ့သလဲ". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight.
  5. "NLD ပါတီ ဖိတ်ခေါ်စုဆောင်းမှုမှာ ပညာရှင်တွေ စတင်ပါဝင်". ဗီြအိုေအ (in Burmese).
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