Charlie Than

In this Burmese name, the given name is Charlie Than. There is no family name.
His Excellency Dr.
Charlie Than
ချာလီသန်း
Union Minister of Industry[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2021
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded bySoe Win(as MOPFI)
Rector of Myanmar Maritime University
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byThein Tun
Succeeded byMyat Lwin
Personal details
Born1950 (1950) (age 74)
Alma materRangoon Institute of Technology
Occupation
  • Engineer
  • rector
  • Union Minister

Charlie Than (Burmese: ချာလီသန်း; born 1950[2]) is the current Union Minister for Ministry of Industry of Myanmar. He is an engineer, retired rector and guest professor. He also served as chairman of Myanmar Engineering Council[3] and patron of Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies.[4] He was appointed as Union Minister for Industry by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing.

Education

Charlie Than was graduated with Mechanical Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) which is now Yangon Technological University. Later he gained Master of Engineering (Marine) and PhD with Naval Architecture.[4]

Career

Civil service

After graduated from RIT, he has served Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, the Inland Water Transport of the Ministry of Transport. Later he served as Engineer in Alone, Yadanabon and Dala Shipyards. In 1996, he was appointed as visiting Lecturer in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department of Defence Services Technological Academy. Later, he became guest professor.[5]

In 2002, he became the pro - rector for academic affairs of the newly formed university, Myanmar Maritime University. It was one of the best universities in Myanmar with quality systems. In 2008, he was appointed as the Rector of that university. He retired from civil service in 2013.

After 2013, he served as the patron of Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies. In 2019, he was elected as the chairman of Myanmar Engineering Council.[6]

Union Minister

In 2019, after the resignation of Khin Maung Cho, Win Myint composed the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Planning and Finance and formed Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry (MOPFI). After 2021 coup, SAC separated MOPFI and formed again Ministry of Industry.[7] Min Aung Hlaing appointed Charlie Than as the Union Minister for Industry on 22 May 2021.[8]

In 2024, Than was sanctioned by Canada for his role in supplying aviation fuel and equipment to the Tatmadaw during the Myanmar civil war.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Appointment and Duty Assignment of Union Minister (The Global New Light of Myanmar (23 May 2021)".
  2. ^ "Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/243 of 21 February 2022 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma". Official Journal of the European Union. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ^ "Union Minister Dr. Myint Htwe receives Chairman of Myanmar Engineering Council and team".
  4. ^ a b "Charlie Than, Chair CEIE".
  5. ^ "Myanmar Engineering Council".
  6. ^ "Charlie Than".
  7. ^ "History of MOIn Myanmar" (in Burmese).
  8. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ်၊ ၁၃၃ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ကဆုန်လဆန်း ၁၂ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ‌မေလ ၂၂ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်" (in Burmese).
  9. ^ "New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers". Associated Press. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.