Than Nyun ( my, သန်းညွှန့်; also spelt Than Nyunt; born October 1937) is a Burmese development economist and educationist who served as

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from 1994 to 1999 under of Dictator

Than Shwe Than Shwe ( my, သန်းရွှေ, ; born 2 February 1933 or 3 May 1935) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). During thi ...

's cabinet. He also served as chairman of the Union Civil Service Selection and Training Board from 1999 to 2009.

Early life and education

Than Nyun was born in October 1937 in

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, British Burma to parent

U Nyun Sithu U Nyun ( my, ဦးညွန့်; also spelt U Nyunt; 20 January 1910 – 4 April 1996) was a Burmese development economist, diplomat and intellectual who served as the 3rd Executive Secretary as the head of United Nations Economic and S ...

and Than Tin. His father U Nyun was an

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as the head of

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. He matriculated from St. Paul's High School, Rangoon in 1954, student ranking fifth in the country, and was awarded collegiate scholarship. Than Nyun graduated in Economics from

Rangoon University '') , mottoeng = There's no friend like wisdom. , established = , type = Public , rector = Dr. Tin Mg Tun , undergrad = 4194 , postgrad = 5748 , city = Kamayut 11041, Yangon , state = Yangon Regio ...

in 1958, Ph.D degree from

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and Econ. from

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 mill ...

Career

Than Nyun participated in the preparation of the 1956-60 Interim Four-Year Economic Development Plan, the recalculation of GDP estimates (1966–67) and the preparation of various legislation enacted after 1988. He was appointed as Professor of Economics at the

Yangon Institute of Economics The Yangon University of Economics (formerly the Institute of Economics, Yangon; my, ရန်ကုန် စီးပွားရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ) is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as ...

in 1978, and he became Pro-rector of the Institute in 1986, Rector in 1993. Until 1994, he was Chairman of the Board of Studies for Economics as well as chief examiner for economics for basic education high schools. In 1994, Than Nyun was appointed as Deputy Minister of the

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. He served as chairman of the Union Civil Service Selection and Training Board (UCSTB) from 1999 to 2009. Than Nyun has traveled widely in

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, Australia,

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and the

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to participate in various conferences, meetings, seminars and other events. He was deputy-leader of the Myanmar delegation to the

World Summit for Social Development The World Summit for Social Development was a conference held in Copenhagen from 6–12 March 1995. It aimed to "establish a people-centered framework for social development, to build a culture of cooperation and partnership and to respond to the im ...

held in 1995 in

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. As Chairman of the CSSTB, he regularly attends the ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM) held in various ASEAN member countries. In 2005 he was appointed as Myanmar representative to the

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(EPG). He is currently a member of the Union of Myanmar Education Committee. He is also a member of the National Convention Working Committee for the preparation of a new Constitution for Myanmar, as well as a member of the Panel of Chairmen of the National Convention, since 1993. He had served in various capacities as

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and

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in Myanmar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Than Nyun Government ministers of Myanmar 1965 births University of Yangon alumni Living people People from Yangon Burmese economists Burmese diplomats Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of the London School of Economics