Htin Kyaw
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U Htin Kyaw |
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| ထင်ကျော် | |
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| President of Myanmar | |
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Assumed office 30 March 2016 |
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| State Counsellor | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Vice President |
Myint Swe Henry Van Thio |
| Preceded by | Thein Sein |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 July 1946 Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon) |
| Political party | National League for Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Su Su Lwin (m. 1973) |
| Parents | Min Thu Wun, Kyi Kyi |
| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Alma mater |
Yangon Institute of Economics University of London Arthur D. Little School of Management |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Website | Government website |
Htin Kyaw (Burmese: ထင်ကျော်, pronounced: [tʰɪ̀ɴ tɕɔ̀] or [tʰɪ̀ɴ dʑɔ̀]; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician and scholar who has been President of Myanmar since 2016. He is the first elected president to hold the office with no ties to the military since the 1962 coup d'état. The second son of scholar Min Thu Wun, Htin Kyaw had held various positions in the education, planning and treasury ministries in prior governments.
The ethnic Mon-Bamar politician is viewed as a proxy of the National League for Democracy leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from the presidency. He was inaugurated as president on 30 March 2016, taking office from his predecessor Thein Sein.
Htin Kyaw was born in Rangoon, British Burma (now Myanmar), to the late Burmese scholar and poet Min Thu Wun and Kyi Kyi.
Htin Kyaw graduated high school from English Methodist High School in 1962. He enrolled at the Rangoon Institute of Economics (then part of Rangoon Arts and Science University) and graduated with an M.Econ. in statistics in 1968. He started working as a teacher while studying towards his master's degree. He then moved to the University Computer Centre as a programmer/system analyst in 1970.
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