Han Zaw

Han Zaw (Burmese: ဟန်ဇော်; born 25 February 1946) is a Burmese engineer and Minister for Ministry of Construction (Myanmar) from January 2016 to February 2021.

His Excellency
Han Zaw
ဟန်ဇော်
Minister of Construction
In office
19 January 2016 – 1 February 2021
President
Preceded byWin Khaing
Personal details
Born (1946-02-25) February 25, 1946
Magway RegionNatmauk
NationalityMyanmar
SpouseThwin Thwin Aye Mé
ChildrenKhing Zay Thaw, Lin Maung Zaw, May Thwin Zaw
Parent(s)Mya Maung
Kyi Mya
EducationM.Sc (Engg:)
Alma materMoscow State University
OccupationEngineer, Government Servant

Early life and education

He was born in Natmauk, Magway Region on 25 February 1946. He graduated from Moscow University. His father, Mya Maung, is a second cousin of General Aung San.[1]

Career

He worked for Ministry of Construction (Myanmar) for many years up to the post of managing director of Public Works under Ministry of Construction and retired.[2] After the resignation of electricity and energy minister, Pe Zin Htun, construction minister Win Khaing became minister for construction and minister for electricity and energy. On 19 January, President Htin Kyaw appointed Han Zaw as union minister for Ministry of Construction and Win Khaing as electricity and energy minister.[3][4]

Before that he also served as chairman in Myanmar Engineering Society and still now he is a member of central executive member of Myanmar Engineering Society.

References
  1. "New minister".
  2. "ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးဝန်ကြီး".
  3. "သမ္မတအဆိုပြုတဲ့ ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးသစ်ကို လွှတ်တော် အတည်ပြု". RFA. 19 January 2018.
  4. "ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ဦးဟန်ဇော်ကို ခန့်အပ်". 19 January 2018.
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