Mya Lay Sein
Mya Lay Sein (မြလေးစိန်) is a Burmese physiologist and former badminton player who is currently serving as Deputy Minister for Health and Sports for Myanmar since July 2018.
Her Excellency Dr Mya Lay Sein | |
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မြလေးစိန် | |
Deputy Minister for Health and Sports | |
Assumed office 2 July 2018 | |
President | Win Myint |
Minister | Myint Htwe |
Vice Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee | |
Assumed office 2 July 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Myanmar |
Alma mater | Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon University of New South Wales |
Occupation | physiologist |
Career
Mya has always been very active in sports, culminating in 15 years of international representation in badminton for Myanmar team. She was a silver medallist in the 1979 WBF World Championships with partner Wai Nyunt in Mixed doubles category. At the same time she has also studied at Yangon Institute of Medicine 1 and graduated in 1982. She received the certificate of the Postgraduate Training Sports Medicine from the Singapore Sports Council, the degrees of MSpMed (Master of Sports Medicine) and PhD (Sports Medicine & Shoulder) from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She served as the vice president of Myanmar Badminton Federation. On 2 July 2018, the president Win Myint appointed her as the deputy minister for Ministry of Health and Sports.[1][2]
References
- "ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း". Myanmar President office.
- "DR. MYA IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT-SPORTS MEDICINE AND HEALTH".