H.E. Kan Zaw | |
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ကံဇော် | |
Union Minister of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations | |
Assumed office 19 August 2022[1] | |
Preceded by | Aung Naing Oo |
Union Auditor General | |
In office 3 February 2021 – 19 August 2022[1] | |
Preceded by | Maw Than |
Succeeded by | Tin Oo[2] |
Minister for National Planning and Economic Development | |
In office September 2012 – 30 March 2016 | |
Deputy Minister for National Planning and Economic Development | |
In office March 2011 – September 2012 | |
Succeeded by | Sett Aung, Khin San Yi, Le Le Thein |
Rector of Yangon Institute of Economics | |
In office 2000–2011 | |
Preceded by | Maw Than |
Succeeded by | Khin San Yi |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 October 1954 Salin Township, Magwe Division, Burma | (age 69)
Nationality | Burmese |
Children | Khine Ngwe Hnin Zaw |
Alma mater | Yangon Institute of Economics, International Institute of Social Studies |
Occupation | Economist |
Kan Zaw (Burmese: 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]