15 Notable alumni of
University of Medicine 1, Yangon
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The University of Medicine 1, Yangon is 3320th in the world, 854th in Asia, and 2nd in Myanmar by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Thet Thet Khaing
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Thet Thet Khine is a Burmese politician, physician and businesswoman who is the Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement appointed by the military junta after the coup d'état in 2021. She was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for Dagon Township constituency in 2015 elections but did not win her seat at Mayangone Township when she ran in 2020 elections on her newly established People's Pioneer Party platform. She owns a number of gold, jewelry, and gem production companies as well as a real estate business.
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Naga Thein Hlaing
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- physician
- Biography
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Thein Hlaing, known honorifically as Naga Thein Hlaing (Burmese: နာဂသိန်းလှိုင်, pronounced [nàga̰ θéɪɰ̃ l̥àɪɰ̃]), was a Burmese surgeon. He was well known for his performance of endocrine surgery in the Naga Hills of northwestern Burma, using local anesthetic only. Since he was able to cure goitre, which local shamans could not do, Thein Hlaing was recognized by the local residents as Naga Nat (God of Naga) and was worshiped as a deity.
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Pe Myint
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- journalistwriterpoliticianphysician
- Biography
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Pe Myint is a Burmese politician, writer and a former Minister for Information of Myanmar (Burma).
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Paing Phyo Thu
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- physicianactor
- Biography
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Paing Phyo Thu is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress and a medical doctor. She won the Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards with the film, 3Girls. Paing Phyo Thu is considered one of the promising and prominent actresses in Myanmar. She is known for her performances in Mi (2018), Now & Ever (2019) and What Happened to the Wolf? (2021).
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Myint Htwe
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Myint Htwe is a Burmese politician, public health physician, and former Minister for Health and Sports of Myanmar.
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Win Myat Aye
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- physician
- Biography
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Win Myat Aye is a Burmese politician and former Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar (Burma). He also serves as the chairman of the Myanmar Youth Affairs Committee.
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Tin Myo Win
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- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Tin Myo Win is a Burmese physician, former political prisoner and long-time personal physician of Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Nay Win Maung
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Nay Win Maung was a Burmese physician, businessman and pro-democracy activist.
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Saung Oo Hlaing
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- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Saung Oo Hlaing is a Burmese singer-songwriter. He is one of the few Burmese successful songwriters that do not rely on writing cover songs. In a 2008 interview, he claimed that he had not written a cover song since 2003, and that 95% of 400 plus songs he had written were of his own creation.
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May Win Myint
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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May Win Myint is a Burmese politician, physician and former inmate who is currently serving as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Mayangon Township and member of the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee.
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Than Aung
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Than Aung is a former Minister for the Ministry of Health of Myanmar (Burma). He previously served as Deputy Minister for Ministry of Health, Member of Naypyidaw Council and director of Myanmar Army Medical Corps.
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Than Nyein
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Than Nyein was a Burmese politician and physician. He was one of the founders of the National Democratic Force (NDF) party, after working for the National League for Democracy (NLD) since its inception in 1988.
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Myo Myint
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Myo Myint was a Burmese orthopaedic surgeon. He served as the president of the Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) from 1999 to 2005, and the rector of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon from 1998 to 2007. In 1977, Myo Myint became the first surgeon in Burma to successfully replant a totally amputated hand. From 1988 to 1990, he served as the head of the University of Medicine 2, Yangon's orthopaedics department. Myo Myint was born in Yegyi, Pathein District on 25 February 1944 during the Japanese occupation.
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Za Hlei Thang
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- 1943-2018 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Za Hlei Thang was a Burmese politician who was elected Member of Parliament as the Chin National League for Democracy candidate in the 1990 Myanmar general election. After the 1990 election, he fled Burma after the State Law and Order Restoration Council accused him of breaking the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Act, Article 20. While in exile, he served as Chairman of the Chin League for Democracy, a "Chin party in exile". He also served as Minister of Social Welfare and Development and Minister of Health and Education at the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma which is a "government in exile" led by Dr. Sein Win. He also served as Chairman of the Chin National Front which is a Chin insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma). He dedicated his life in the Chin national movement.
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Myint Maung Maung
- Occupations
- physicianwriter
- Biography
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Myint Maung Maung is an obstetrician and gynecologist who became head of the North Okkalapa General Hospital in Burma. In May 2011 he received a Sayawun Tin Shwe Award.
