| Honorific-Prefix: | H.E. |
| Kan Zaw | |
| Native Name: | Burmese: ကံဇော် |
| Native Name Lang: | my |
| Order: | Union Minister of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations |
| Term Start: | 19 August 2022[1] |
| Predecessor: | Aung Naing Oo |
| Order1: | Union Auditor General |
| Term Start1: | 3 February 2021 |
| Term End1: | 19 August 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Maw Than |
| Successor1: | Tin Oo[2] |
| Order2: | Minister for National Planning and Economic Development |
| Term Start2: | September 2012 |
| Term End2: | 30 March 2016 |
| Order3: | Deputy Minister for National Planning and Economic Development |
| Term Start3: | March 2011 |
| Term End3: | September 2012 |
| Successor3: | Sett Aung, Khin San Yi, Le Le Thein |
| Office4: | Rector of Yangon Institute of Economics |
| Term Start4: | 2000 |
| Term End4: | 2011 |
| Predecessor4: | Maw Than |
| Successor4: | Khin San Yi |
| Birth Place: | Salin Township, Magwe Division, Burma |
| Nationality: | Burmese |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Children: | Khine Ngwe Hnin Zaw |
| Alma Mater: | Yangon Institute of Economics, International Institute of Social Studies |
Kan Zaw (my|ကံဇော်, born 11 October 1954[3]) is the current Union Minister for Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. He previously served as Union Auditor General under Min Aung Hlaing.[1] He was the Minister for National Planning and Economic Development of Myanmar from September 2012 to March 2016.[4] From March 2011 to September 2012, he served as its deputy minister.[5]
Kan Zaw was born on 11 October 1954 in Salin Township, Magwe Division, Burma (now Magwe Region, Myanmar).[6] He received a Bachelor of Economics at the Yangon Institute of Economics,[3] and graduated from the International Institute of Social Studies in 1984 from a Master of Art in Regional Development Planning.[7] Kan Zaw also holds a Doctorate in Literature.[3]
Kan Zaw has had a long career with the Yangon Institute of Economics, having served as a professor, department head and ultimately as rector.[3]
In February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military junta, the State Administration Council, appointed Kan Zaw as Union Auditor General, replacing Maw Than.[8] After accepting the military appointment, Kan Zaw's family became the target of a social punishment campaign. In November 2021, the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA) conference courted controversy for inviting Kan Zaw as a "guest of honour."[9] In response, several accounting bodies, including the Institute of Management Accountants and Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants withdrew from the conference.[10]
In November 2022, the European Union imposed sanctions on Kan Zaw as part of a targeted economic and travel sanction effort on Burmese junta officials.[11]
Kan Zaw is married, and has three children, including Khine Ngwe Hnin Zaw.[12]