David Abel (general)
Brigadier-General David Abel | |
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ဒေးဗစ် အေဘယ်လ်
BC-7086 | |
Minister of the Minister of Finance | |
In office 1989–1992 | |
Preceded by | Maung Maung Khin |
Succeeded by | Win Tin |
Minister of Commerce of Myanmar | |
In office 1990s–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Brigadier General | 28 February 1935
David Oliver Abel (
Abel retired from the State Peace and Development Council and vacated his position as the Minister of the Chairman's Office on 25 August 2003.[7]
Early life and education
Abel was born in 1935 in
Abel matriculated from Maymyo's Saint Albert's Catholic Missionary School in 1951.[8] He then studied medicine at Mandalay College but did not complete his degree because of an ongoing insurgency in Upper Burma. He then attended the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) from 1953 to 1956, graduating with an economics degree.[8][11][12]
Military and governmental career
Abel had served as the personal assistant of then-President General
Throughout his military career, he served in various civil administration posts.
Abel was hailed as the economic architect of the country for pushing for privatisation and establishing some of the largest military-owned enterprises of the country,
Abel stood out as a member of the junta because he was media-friendly, outspoken and a member of a religious minority. He was a
Personal life and death
Abel is married to Khin Thein Mu, a retired
References
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- ^ a b c d Wang, Ann (22 January 2019). "David Abel, the junta's stymied reformer". Frontier Myanmar.
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- ^ Soe Than Lynn (25 October 2010). "'Good economists' needed for parliament". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Military regime's economic adviser dies at 84". The Myanmar Times. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ a b Gillick, Jeremy (July–August 2010). "Letter from Myanmar". Moment. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Khin Nyunt (23 August 2003). "Permission granted for retirement". State Peace and Development Council. Government of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Myo Nyunt. "History". U Hla Tun Hospice (Cancer) Foundation. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "'Don't Be So Impatient'". Asiaweek. 2000. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
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- ^ "Burma's Former 'Economic Czar' on a Short Leash". The Irrawaddy. November 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "စစ်အစိုးရ၏ စီးပွားရေးအကြီးအကဲ ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ်ဟောင်းအေဘယ် ကွယ်လွန်". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 22 January 2019.
- ^ "နဝတအစိုးရဝန်ကြီးဟောင်း ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် အေဘယ်လ် ကွယ်လွန်". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 21 January 2019.