Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Kyaw Tint Swe | |
Native Name: | Burmese: ကျော်တင့်ဆွေ |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Ambassador From2: | Myanmar |
Country2: | United Nations |
Term Start2: | 9 April 2001 |
Term End2: | 2010 |
Order3: | Director-General of International Organizations and Economic Department |
Office3: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) |
Term Start3: | 1998 |
Term End3: | 2001 |
Office: | Union Minister of the State Counsellor’s Office |
Term Start: | 17 May 2016 |
Term End: | 1 February 2021 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Ambassador From4: | Myanmar |
Country4: | Japan |
Term Start4: | 1994 |
Term End4: | 1997 |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1945 |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Party: | Independent Politician |
Spouse: | May Yin Tun[1] |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Rangoon University International Institute of Social Studies |
Profession: | Diplomat, Politician |
Kyaw Tint Swe (my|ကျော်တင့်ဆွေ; born 19 March 1945[2]) is a Burmese politician and former Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar.[3]
Kyaw Tint Swe joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1968[2] and served in various positions in the embassies of Myanmar in Israel, Malaysia, Germany, Thailand and Japan. From 1990 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2001, he served as Secretary of Myanmar’s National Commission for Environmental Affairs. He also served as Chairman of the Senior Officials for the Environment for the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN),
From 2001 to 2010, he served as the Ambassador of Myanmar to the United Nations.[4] He also served as Vice-Chairman of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission from 2011 to 2013.[5] In 2013, he worked closely with Aung San Suu Kyi on the Letpadaung Copper Mine Investigation Commission.[6] [7]