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Zaw Wai Soe

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Zaw Wai Soe is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Zaw Wai Soe · ဇော်ဝေစိုး၊ ဒေါက်တာ · ゾー・ウェイ・ソー · 佐韦梭				[sources]
Alias	Dr. Zaw Wai Soe				[sources]
Birth date	1962				[sources]
Place of birth	Yangon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Myanmar				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q59660264				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Education (Myanmar) (2021-) · Minister of Health (2021-)				[sources]
Education	University of Medicine 2				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-07	Last processed	2026-04-07	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

orthopaedic surgeon

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-04-06

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,823

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,077

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata329,941

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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