Mya Lay Sein

Mya Lay Sein (မြလေးစိန်) is a Burmese physiologist, former badminton player and Deputy Minister for Health and Sports for Myanmar from 2018 to 2021.

Her Excellency
Dr

Mya Lay Sein
မြလေးစိန်
Deputy Minister for Health and Sports
In office
2 July 2018 – 1 February 2021
PresidentWin Myint
MinisterMyint Htwe
Vice Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee
In office
2 July 2018 – 1 February 2021
Personal details
NationalityMyanmar
Alma materInstitute of Medicine 1, Yangon
University of New South Wales
Occupationphysiologist

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
  1. "ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီးခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း". Myanmar President office.
  2. "DR. MYA IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT-SPORTS MEDICINE AND HEALTH".
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