Tun Kyaw Nyein
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Tun Kyaw Nyein (Burmese: ထွန်းကျော်ငြိမ်း; pronounced [tuɴ tjoʊ̯ ɲeɪɴ]; born May 7, 1949) is a Burmese public intellectual, trained medical doctor, retired university administrator, and former political prisoner.[1][2][3] He is the third son of Daw Nwe Nwe Yee and U Kyaw Nyein, a leading figure in Burma's independence movement and post-independence politics during the era of parliamentary democracy.
Tun Kyaw Nyein was born on 7 May 1949 in Rangoon, Burma to parent Kyaw Nyein and his wife Nwe Nwe Yee. He graduated from Methodist English High School, Rangoon, in 1966. From 1966 to 1973, he studied medicine at the Institute of Medicine (1), Rangoon and began practicing medicine in 1974. He received a master's degree in health science in Western Illinois University in 1984 and a Ph.D. degree in Community Health from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1989.[3]