List of Burmese Chinese
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Taw Sein Ko was Burma's first recorded archaeologist and served as Superintedent of the Archaeological Survey Department in British Burma.
The following is a list of Burmese Chinese (Chinese of Burmese descent).
Burmese Chinese
Politics and government
- Ne Win (possibly Hakka),[1] paramount leader of Burma, 1960s to 1980s
- Aung Gyi 陈天旺 (Hokkien), leading army dissident and Ne Win's former deputy/co-conspirator in the 1962 coup
- San Yu (Hakka), President of Burma (1981–1988)
- Khin Nyunt (Hakka),[2] Prime Minister (2003–2004); Chief of Intelligence (1983–2004)
- Kat Sein, former Minister of Health
- Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health
- Pheung Kya-shin, (Yunnanese), leader of Kokang Special Region and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
- Kyaw Ba (Yunnanese), former Minister for Tourism
Business
- Aw Boon Haw (Hakka), inventor of Tiger Balm
- Aw Boon Par (Hakka), brother of Aw Boon Haw
- Kyaw Myint, founder of Myanmar May Flower Bank
- Peter Chou (Yunnanese), CEO and President of HTC[3]
- Jun Hong 王俊宏 (Hakka), philanthropist and educator
- Tun Myint Naing[4] (Kokang), business tycoon
Others
- Edward Michael Law-Yone, Burmese journalist and founder of The Nation
- Khun Sa (Kokang), major Southeast Asian drug lord
- Lo Hsing Han (Kokang), major Southeast Asian drug lord
- Ngwe Gaing, Alinga Kyawzwa award-winning painter
- Taw Sein Ko (Hokkien),[5] eminent Director of Archaeology (1901–1915)
- Moe Set Wine (Chinese: 楊鑫榮) (Yunnanese), Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
- Thaw Kaung, Burmese historian
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