Than Win Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Professor Dr.
Than Win
Native Name:သန်းဝင်း
Office:Member of the House of Nationalities
Term Start:1 February 2016
Majority:245982 (77.33%)
Constituency:№ 1 constituency of Mandalay Region
Office1:Rector of University of Medicine, Mandalay
Term Start1:January 2008
Term End1:April 2013
Birth Date:2 April 1953
Birth Place:Mandalay, Myanmar
Party:National League for Democracy
Parents:Than Tun (father)
Mya Sein (mother)
Spouse:Ni Ni Tin
Occupation:Politician, Obstetrician and gynaecologist
Nationality:Burmese
Alma Mater:University of Medicine, Mandalay (M.B.B.S)

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.

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]

Medical and academic career

He works 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]

Notes and References

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