Pe Myint

In this Burmese name, the given name is Pe Myint. There is no family name.

Pe Myint (Burmese: ဖေမြင့် [pʰè mjɪ̰ɴ]; born 15 December 1949) is a Burmese politician, writer and a former Minister for Information of Myanmar (Burma).

His Excellency Dr Pe Myint
ဖေမြင့်
Minister for Information of Myanmar
In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021
President	Htin Kyaw Myint Swe (acting) Win Myint
Preceded by	Ye Htut
Succeeded by	Chit Naing
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 74) Thandwe, Burma (Myanmar)
Residence	Naypyidaw
Alma mater	University of Medicine 1, Yangon
Occupation	Politician writer physician

Early life and education

Pe Myint was born on 15 December 1949 in Sandoway, Burma (now Thandwe, Myanmar) to Aung Nyein and Khin Thein.^[1] He is of Rakhine descent.^[1]

Career

Pe Myint graduated from Thandwe State High School in Rakhine State in 1966 and Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon in 1975.^[2] He worked as a physician until 1988. He received training as a journalist at the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation in Bangkok.^[3]

He previously served as the vice chairperson of the Myanmar Press Council, editor-in-chief of The People's Age Journal, editor of Sarpaylawka Book House and Myanmar Book Publishing House.^[3][4][5][6]

On 22 March 2016, he was nominated to be Minister for Information in President Htin Kyaw's Cabinet. On 24 March, the Assembly of the Union confirmed his nomination.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} Following the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Myanmar Armed Forces appointed Chit Hlaing as Pe Myint's successor on 1 February 2021.^[12][13]

Literary works

Pe Myint is a well-known writer and won Myanmar National Literature Award in 1995.^[5] He has published over forty books of fiction, non-fiction, and translated works.^[4][11][14]

Some of his original and translated works include

• 1975 — The Hospital (original by Arthur Hailey, The Final Diagnosis)
• 1977 — Ward No. 6 (original by Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6)
• 1988 — First Love (original by Ivan Turgenev, First Love)
• 1993 — On Death and Other Short Stories
• 1993 — Normal Mind and Normal Behaviour (A Collection of Articles on Applied Psychology)
• 1995 — Parts for Sale and Other Short Stories (won Myanmar National Literature Award)
• 1997 — The Richest Man in Babylon (original by George Samuel Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon)

Personal life

He is married to Khaing Nwe Oo, a book publisher, and has two children, Pe Zaw Oo and Cho Su Su Khaing.^[1]

References

1. "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ". 7Day News Journal (in Burmese). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. The Myanmar Times. "Looking back: education in the 1960s".
3. Lun Min Mang; Aung Shin; Thomas Kean; Laignee Barron. "Who's who: Myanmar's new cabinet".
4. "U Pe Myint".
5. "Incoming Info Minister Pe Myint: 'I Will Ensure Press Freedom'". The Irrawaddy.
6. Lun Min Mang. "Information minister to tackle state subsidies".
7. The Myanmar Times. "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to join government as NLD reveals cabinet".
8. Ei Ei Toe Lwin. "With all eyes on Daw Suu, NLD set to reveal cabinet".
9. "Myanmar president to include Aung San Suu Kyi in his Cabinet".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
10. "India lends a helping hand to Myanmar in government formation". hindustantimes.com.
11. ပြန်ကြားရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့ ဆက်ဆံရေး ဦးစီး ဌာန (ရုံးချုပ်) စာတည်း အဖွဲ့ (April 2003). နှစ်ဆယ် ရာစု မြန်မာ စာရေး ဆရာ များနှင့် စာစု စာရင်း. ပညာရွှေတောင် စာအုပ်တိုက်.
12. "Myanmar's Health Minister Resigns After Military Takeover". The Irrawaddy. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
13. "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
14. Zon Pann Pwint. "From well-read writer to minister".