{{short description|Burmese politician}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Pe Myint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency<br/>Dr | name = Pe Myint | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{lang|my|ဖေမြင့်}} | native_name_lang = Burmese | caption = Pe Myint in 2014 | order = | image = Union Minister of Information Myanmar Dr Pe Myint in Myanmar Dress.jpg | office = Minister for Information of Myanmar | term_start = 30 March 2016 | term_end = 1 February 2021 | president = Htin Kyaw<br>Myint Swe (acting)<br>Win Myint | predecessor = Ye Htut | successor = Chit Naing | succeeding = | order2 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Thandwe, Burma (Myanmar) | death_date = | death_place = | party = | alma_mater = University of Medicine 1, Yangon | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|writer|physician}} | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pe Myint''' ({{langx|my|ဖေမြင့်}} {{IPA|my|pʰè mjɪ̰ɴ|}}; born 15 December 1949) is a Burmese politician, writer and a former Minister for Information of Myanmar (Burma).
== Early life and education == Pe Myint was born on 15 December 1949 in Sandoway, Burma (now Thandwe, Myanmar) to Aung Nyein and Khin Thein.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/7daynews/posts/1117673254960974|title=ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ|last=|first=|date=|website=7Day News Journal|language=my|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> He is of Rakhine descent.<ref name=":0" />
==Career== Pe Myint graduated from Thandwe State High School in Rakhine State in 1966 and Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/special-features/165-back-to-school-2013/6759-back-in-my-day-education-in-the-1960s.html|title=Looking back: education in the 1960s|author=The Myanmar Times|publisher=}}</ref> He worked as a physician until 1988. He received training as a journalist at the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation in Bangkok.<ref name="lunminmang,aungshin,thomaskeanandlaigneebarron">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/19609-who-s-who-myanmar-s-new-cabinet.html|title=Who's who: Myanmar's new cabinet|author1=Lun Min Mang |author2=Aung Shin |author3=Thomas Kean |author4=Laignee Barron |publisher=}}</ref>
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''.<ref name="lunminmang,aungshin,thomaskeanandlaigneebarron"/><ref name="uiowa.edu">{{cite web|url=http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/u-pe-myint|title=U Pe Myint|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="irrawaddy.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.irrawaddy.com/interview/incoming-info-minister-pe-myint-will-ensure-press-freedom.html|title=Incoming Info Minister Pe Myint: 'I Will Ensure Press Freedom'|work=The Irrawaddy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/19657-information-minister-to-tackle-state-subsidies.html|title=Information minister to tackle state subsidies|author=Lun Min Mang|publisher=}}</ref>
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.<ref name="themyanmartimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/19591-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-to-join-government-as-nld-reveals-cabinet.html|title=Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to join government as NLD reveals cabinet|author=The Myanmar Times|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/19571-with-all-eyes-on-daw-suu-nld-set-to-reveal-cabinet.html|title=With all eyes on Daw Suu, NLD set to reveal cabinet|author=Ei Ei Toe Lwin|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://quadrangleonline.com/2016/03/26/myanmar-president-to-include-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-his-cabinet/|title=Myanmar president to include Aung San Suu Kyi in his Cabinet|publisher=|access-date=29 March 2016|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222143635/http://quadrangleonline.com/2016/03/26/myanmar-president-to-include-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-his-cabinet/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world/india-lends-a-helping-hand-to-myanmar-in-government-formation/story-346KfWOT32LEzpkNnNaPPO.html|title=India lends a helping hand to Myanmar in government formation|work=hindustantimes.com}}</ref><ref name="PMB">{{cite book | title=နှစ်ဆယ် ရာစု မြန်မာ စာရေး ဆရာ များနှင့် စာစု စာရင်း | publisher=ပညာရွှေတောင် စာအုပ်တိုက် | author=ပြန်ကြားရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့ ဆက်ဆံရေး ဦးစီး ဌာန (ရုံးချုပ်) စာတည်း အဖွဲ့ | date=April 2003}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-01|title=Myanmar's Health Minister Resigns After Military Takeover|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-health-minister-resigns-military-takeover.html|access-date=2021-02-01|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-01|title=Tatmadaw names new govt officials|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/tatmadaw-names-new-government-officials.html|access-date=2021-02-01|website=The Myanmar Times}}</ref>
==Literary works== Pe Myint is a well-known writer and won Myanmar National Literature Award in 1995.<ref name="irrawaddy.com"/> He has published over forty books of fiction, non-fiction, and translated works.<ref name="uiowa.edu"/><ref name="PMB" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/19751-from-well-read-writer-to-minister.html|title=From well-read writer to minister|author=Zon Pann Pwint|publisher=}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":0" />
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