No women on list to head ministries

Wednesday, 09 February 2011 17:59 Phanida

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A list of 30 prospective ministers submitted by Burma’s president to head up the country’s new government includes a business tycoon, a child specialist and a cooking oil trader–but no women.

President Thein Sein submitted the list to a joint session of the Upper and Lower houses of Parliament in Naypyidaw on Wednesday, the sixth day of the new Parliament’s sessions.



The list of ministers was heavy on current ministers who are being reappointed, with a sprinkling of new faces made up mainly of businessmen. Sources said that many of the current ministers on the list are expected to be assigned to new ministries.

Thein Sein’s list included many military officers, according to sources. Some ministers will hold two ministry positions, according to sources.

Construction tycoon Tin San, child specialist and a former rector at the Yangon Institute of Medicine Dr. Phae Thet Tin, cooking oil trader Win Myint, who is also the chairman of The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry were among the list of new faces, according to a lawmaker in Naypyidaw.

On Tuesday, Thein Sein submitted a list of 34 ministries, which will comprise the new government.