President Bounnhang Vorachit this morning welcomed Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw, his wife and a high-level delegation are scheduled to pay a state visit to Laos on Friday, the Presidential Office has said in a press release.
The visit is in response to an invitation from his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachit, who was elected Lao President by the National Assembly last month.
This is U Htin Kyaw's first visit to Laos after he was sworn into office as the President of Myanmar in March. He will also be the first head of state of a foreign country that President Bounnhang has received during his term of office.
U Htin Kyaw was born on July 20, 1946 in Yangon, Myanmar. He is the son of Min Thu Wun, a respected author and poet. He married Daw Su Su Lwin, who was a former chair of the Foreign Relations Committee in the lower house and an NLD MP from Thongwa Township.
In 1962, U Htin Kyaw graduated from the English Methodist High School. From 1962-63, he studed at Rangoon University, majoring in arts.
From 1963-68, he attended the Institute of Economics and obtained his M. Econ (Statistics). He also taught as a tutor while attending his M. Econ (Pt. 2). In 1970, he joined the Universities' Computer Centre as a Programmer Analyst.
From 1971-72, U Htin Kyaw attended the Institute of Computer Science University in London. In 1974-75, he obtained an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Rangoon University.
From 1975-80, he was Division Chief, Heavy Industries Corporation, No. 2 Industrial Ministry. From 1980-92, he was Deputy Director of the Foreign Economic Relations Department, Planning and Treasury Ministry. In 1987, he attended a course at the Arthur D. Little School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1992, he resigned from the government. Later, he became coordinator for Aung San Suu Kyi in charge of foreign affairs. From 2012 to the present, he has been an Executive Committee member of the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation.
U Htin Kyaw was elected President of Myanmar by Parliament and began his presidency on March 30, 2016.
