Yin Yin Nwe
Yin Yin Nwe | |
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| ရင်ရင်နွယ် | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Kengtung,Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Spouse | Phyo Wai Win (divorced)[citation needed] |
| Parent(s) | Sao Saimong,Mi Mi Khaing |
| Alma mater | Rangoon University University of Cambridge |
| Profession | University Professor Geologist UNICEF Representative to China |
Yin Yin Nwe(born c.1952) is aBurmesegeologist. She has held important positions withUNICEFsince 1991, and was appointedUNICEFRepresentative to China on 1 December 2006.
Biography[edit]
Yin Yin Nwe's father isSao Saimong Mangrai,a member of the princelyKengtung Stateand a highly regarded scholar onShan Stateand the Head of the Shan State Education Department during the post-Independence years. Yin Yin Nwe's mother isMi Mi Khaing,also a scholar and a former Principal of Kambawza School. Her father, Sao Saimong, had an administrative career after the Shan principalities agreed to become part of the Union of Burma, and was Chief Education Officer for Shan andKayah States.Her mother was the author ofBurmese Family,a book on Burmese culture and was one of the first women to write in English about Burmese culture and traditions.[1][2]Yin Yin Nwe is ofMonancestry on her mother's side[2]and ofShanancestry on her father's side, given that the state of Kengtung originated in the 13th century, when theChiang Mai dynastyfounded a new kingdom which was namedLanna,sending a prince to Kengtung to establish a separate kingdom.
Yin Yin Nwe obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from theRangoon Arts and Science University(now University of Yangon) on 1969 later finished aDoctor of Philosophyin theEarth Sciencesfrom theUniversity of Cambridge.[3]She also has aMaster of ScienceinPublic PolicyandManagementfromLondon University.She served for 19 years at the Geology Department of Yangon University.
In 1991, Yin Yin Nwe joinedUNICEFas an Environment Project Officer and from 1992 to 1994, she was UNICEF Programme Officer for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Central Asian Republics and Albania. From 1994 to 1999, she worked a regional advisor for western and central Africa inAbidjan,Côte d’Ivoire.[3]In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Regional Planning Officer for the Middle East and North Africa and in June 2005 appointed UNICEF Chief of Tsunami Support and did much work in Indonesia to help victims. She became the UNICEF Representative to China on 1 December 2006.[1][3]Dr. Yin Yin Nwe retired from UNICEF in 2011.
In August, 2012, the President of Myanmar appointed Dr. Yin Yin Nwe as a member of an Inquiry Commission to look into communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The commission completed its work and submitted a report in 2013.[4]
In June 2014, the President of Myanmar appointed Dr. Yin Yin Nwe as Chief Education Advisor.[5]Prior to that she had also served as an advisor to the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC), and was a member of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council as well as a member of the Education Promotion Implementation Committee (EPIC), promoting education reform.[6]
She was appointed as a member to the Advisory Board ofState Administration Council(SAC), in the aftermath of the2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[7]
Personal life[edit]
She is fluent in English, French andIndonesianand in 2006 was reported to be learning to speak Chinese fluently due to her new position.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abc"Burmese Geologist Dr. Yin Yin Nwe Will Take up UNICEF Representative Post for China".Voa News. November 15, 2006.RetrievedNovember 8,2010.
- ^abTrager, Helen G. (1969).We the Burmese: Voices from Burma.Praeger. p. 111.
- ^abc"Dr. Yin Yin Nwe UNICEF Representative for China"(PDF).UNICEF.RetrievedNovember 11,2010.
- ^Report of the Union of Myanmar, "Final Report of Inquiry Commission on Sectarian Violence in Rakhine State," July 8, 2013
- ^"Wayback Machine has not archived that URL".economistinsights.Archived fromthe originalon August 31, 2019.Retrieved2023-03-25.
- ^"Burmese President Appoints New Religious Advisors".Irrawaddy Magazine.19 June 2014.Retrieved2015-06-04.
- ^"US Citizen Among the Advisers to Myanmar Military Regime Despite Sanctions Imposed by US".The Irrawaddy.2021-02-20.