Maung Maung Soe (politician)

In this Burmese name, the given name is Maung Maung Soe. There is no family name.
H.E.
Maung Maung Soe
မောင်မောင်စိုး
Mayor of Yangon
In office
5 April 2016 – 1 February 2021
Preceded byHla Myint
Personal details
Born (1951-05-15) May 15, 1951 (age 73)
Magway
NationalityBurmese
OccupationProfessor

Maung Maung Soe (Burmese: မောင်မောင်စိုး) is the mayor of Myanmar's largest city, Yangon. He was concurrently appointed as mayor and chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee on 5 April 2016.[1][2] He is a retired professor at the Yangon Institute of Economics.[3]

Maung Maung Soe was born on 15 May 1951.[4] He earned a Bachelor of Economics degree at the then Rangoon Institute of Economics in 1973.[5]

In April 2016, controversy surrounding his academic credentials surfaced, because his master's and doctorate degrees were obtained from a diploma mill, the Christian International School of Theology (Manila).[3][5] Further, his master's and doctorate degrees from the International Institute of Social Studies could not be independently verified.[3]

  1. ^ "Rangoon MPs Approve New Regional Government Members". The Irrawaddy. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  2. ^ "Appointment of Mayors (Order No. 22/2016)". Republic of the Union of Myanmar President’s Office. 5 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Ye Mon; Myat Nyein Aye (5 April 2016). "Ex-civil servants dominate Yangon cabinet". Myanmar Times.
  4. ^ "H.E. U Maung Maung Soe". World Cities Summit. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  5. ^ a b To, Lee Lai; Othman, Zarina (2016). Regional Community Building in East Asia: Countries in Focus. Routledge. ISBN 9781317265559.