Kan Zaw
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H.E. Kan Zaw | |
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ကံဇော် | |
_(9816399094)_(cropped).jpg) Kan Zaw in 2013 | |
| 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 (age 71) |
| 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]
