| “Four Years of Courage: What the NUG Has Achieved” with Dr Tun Aung Shwe and Ma Thin Zar sponsored by the Australia Myanmar Institute This seminar is an online event via Zoom Date: July 28, 2025 (Monday)Time: 06:00 – 07:00 PM (Melbourne Time) 02:30-03:30 PM (Myanmar/Yangon Time) Join Zoom Meeting: please click here Meeting ID: 896 6683 9791 Passcode: 522994 Dr Tun Aung Shwe is the Representative of Myanmar’s National Unity Government in Australia, appointed on 19 July 2021. He is a graduate of University of Medicine (1) Yangon, University of Economics Yangon and University of New South Wales. He enjoyed the general practitioner life with local communities for 10 years in Kachin State, then moved to the non-profit, humanitarian sector, and worked for diverse projects and programs in Myanmar. He came to Australia for further study in public health and health management in 2008. Currently, he is undertaking Doctoral Studies at UNSW in the area of peace, conflict, and social cohesion. Ma ThinZar is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Public Policy and Governance, she possess long-standing experience in Myanmar’s humanitarian sector. As the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM), she led operations in humanitarian assistance, cross-border aid delivery, civilian protection, and community resilience. Prior to that, she served as Director of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, where she was responsible for international cooperation and coordination, ASEAN affairs, research, human resource development, and overall disaster management efforts. |
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