David Abel (general)
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Brigadier-General David Abel | |
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ဒေးဗစ် အေဘယ်လ်
BC-7086 | |
| Minister of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's office | |
| In office ? – 25 August 2003 | |
| Minister for National Planning and Economic Development of Myanmar | |
| In office 1990s–? | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1989–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Maung Maung Khin |
| Succeeded by | Win Tin |
| Minister of Commerce of Myanmar | |
| In office 1990s–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1935 |
| Died | 18 January 2019 (aged 83) |
| Spouse | Khin Thein Mu |
| Relations | Alexander Abel[1] |
| Children | Aung Thiha Cho Cho Khine |
| Parent(s) | Alfred T. Abel (father) Daw Chai (mother) |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Occupation |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1956–1991 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
David Oliver Abel (Burmese: ဒေးဗစ် အေဘယ်လ်; 28 February 1935 – 18 January 2019) was a Burmese economist, retired Brigadier General in the Myanmar Army and former cabinet minister.[2] He served variously as Minister of Commerce, Minister of Finance and Revenue,[3] and Minister of National Planning and Economic Development. At one time, he ran all three ministries simultaneously.[4][5] He was considered the country's economic czar throughout the 1990s.[6]
Abel retired from the State Peace and Development Council and vacated his position as the Minister of the Chairman's Office on 25 August 2003.[7]
Abel was born in 1935 in Insein, near Rangoon, but his family's roots were in Maymyo (now Pyin Oo Lwin).[8] Abel's father, Alfred T. Abel was a Burma Railways engineer, while his mother Daw Chai, was a senior school teacher.[8] Abel's father is an ethnic Indian Catholic, but he does have some Jewish ancestry.[6] He is a Roman Catholic of mixed Anglo-Burman and Indian heritage.[9][10]
Abel matriculated from Maymyo's Saint Albert's Catholic Missionary School in 1951.[8] He then studied medicine at Mandalay College but did not complete his degree because of an ongoing insurgency in Upper Burma. He then attended the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) from 1953 to 1956, graduating with an economics degree.[8][11][12]
