Htin Kyaw
Htin Kyaw | |
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ထင်ကျော် | |
Htin Kyaw in 2017 | |
| 9th President of Myanmar | |
| In office 30 March 2016 – 21 March 2018 | |
| State Counsellor | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Vice President | First Vice President Myint Swe Second Vice President Henry Van Thio |
| Preceded by | Thein Sein |
| Succeeded by | Win Myint |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1946 |
| Party | NLD |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Min Thu Wun (father) Kyi Kyi (mother) |
| Alma mater | Yangon Institute of Economics University of London Hult International Business School |
| Website | Government website |
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Htin Kyaw (Burmese: ထင်ကျော်, pronounced [tʰɪ̀ɴ tɕɔ̀] or [tʰɪ̀ɴ dʑɔ̀]; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as ninth president of Myanmar from 2016 until his resignation 2018. He was 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 an important ally of the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from the presidency.