His Excellency Dr.
Zaw Wai Soe
ဇော်ဝေစိုး
Rector Zaw Wai Soe in a meeting
Minister of Education of the National Unity Government of Myanmar
Assumed office
16 April 2021[1]
Appointed byCommittee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
PresidentWin Myint
Duwa Lashi La
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of Health of the National Unity Government of Myanmar
Assumed office
16 April 2021[1]
PresidentWin Myint
Duwa Lashi La
Preceded byOffice established
Rector of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon
Assumed office
20 May 2015
Appointed byCommittee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Preceded byThet Khaing Win
Rector of the University of Medicine 2, Yangon
In office
2014–2015
Preceded byTint Swe Latt
Succeeded byAye Aung
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Rangoon, Myanmar
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 2, Yangon (M.B.,B.S)
OccupationOrthopaedics surgeon, Physician, Professor, Minister

Zaw Wai Soe (Burmese: ဇော်ဝေစိုး) is a Burmese orthopaedics surgeon, physician, and professor who currently serves as the acting Union Minister for the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health and Sports since 2 March 2021, appointed by the CRPH. Previously he served as the Rector of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon since 20 May 2015,[2][3] Rector of the University of Medicine 2, Yangon from 2014 to 2015,[4] and led the task force for reforming sixteen medical related universities in Myanmar.[5]

Career

Zaw Wai Soe graduated with M.B.B.S from University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 1986. Afterwards he served as a civil assistant surgeon for three years in Myingan District Hospital. After coming back from the United Kingdom in 2000, he worked in the Orthopaedic Department of Yangon General Hospital, Yangon Orthopaedic Hospital and was appointed as Rector of the University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 2014.[6]

On 20 May 2015, Zaw was appointed as Rector of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon. He is one of the key founders of spine Surgery and Emergency Medicine in Myanmar.[6]

In 2019, he became the chairman of the Myanmar Rectors' Committee.[7][8]

In 2020, he played a leading role in Yangon's COVID-19 fight and became the vice chair of Yangon Region COVID-19 Contain, Control and Treating Coordination Committee.[9][10]

On 10 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he was detained for two hours and questioned about his role in the movement.[10]

On 2 March 2021, he was appointed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as the acting Union Minister for the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health and Sports in its cabinet.[11][12]

On 5 March 2021, Zaw Wai Soe was charged under section 505 of the penal code by the State Administration Council. They also announced that they are preparing to him under section 122 of the penal code for treason, which carries the maximum penalty is death.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Who's Who in Myanmar's National Unity Government". The Irrawaddy. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Rector Message". www.um1ygn.edu.mm. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. ^ "RECTORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE 1, YANGON". www.um1ygn.edu.mm. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  4. ^ "RECTORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE (2) YANGON". www.um2ygn.edu.mm. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  5. ^ Yamon Phu Thit (13 January 2014). "Doctors skill up in emergency response". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Professor Zaw Wai Soe". medicine.nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  7. ^ "ပညာရေးပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုအလားအလာ". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). 16 November 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Myanmar Rectors' Committee Meet To Share Experiences". Global New Light of Myanmar. 28 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Good position in containment of COVID-19 - Dr. Zaw Wai Soe". Mizzima. 8 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b "'We're getting closer' - protesters hopeful of victory as general strike shuts down country". Myanmar NOW. 14 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  11. ^ "CRPH က ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးတွေ စတင်ခန့်အပ်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese).
  12. ^ "Defying Military Regime, Myanmar's CRPH Names Four Acting Ministers". The Irrawaddy. 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ "ဒေါက်တာဇော်ဝေစိုးကို သေဒဏ်ပေးနိုင်တဲ့ အမှုနဲ့ အရေးယူဖို့ ဆောင်ရွက်နေတယ်လို့ဆို". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 5 March 2021.
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