Chan Nyein

{{Short description|Burmese politician (1944–2019)}}

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|name = Chan Nyein

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|native_name = {{lang|my|ချမ်းငြိမ်း}}

|native_name_lang = my

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|order = MP of the Pyithu Hluttaw

|constituency = Kanbalu Township

|majority = 101,223 (84.65%){{cite web|url=http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Constituencies/Peoples%20Assembly/Sagaing%20Division.php#Kantbalu|title=Sagaing Division|publisher=Alternative Asean Network on Burma|accessdate=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322184838/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Constituencies/Peoples%20Assembly/Sagaing%20Division.php#Kantbalu|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead}}

|term_start = 31 January 2011

|term_end = 29 January 2016

|predecessor = Constituency established

|successor = Hlaing Myint Han

|order1 = Minister for Education of Myanmar

|term_start1 = 10 August 2005

|term_end1 = 30 March 2011

|predecessor1 = Than Aung

|successor1 = Mya Aye

|order2 = Deputy Minister for Science and Technology

|term_start2 = May 2001

|term_end2 = 9 August 2005

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|party = Union Solidarity and Development Party

|birth_date = {{birth date|1944|12|15|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/fin_sanc_public_notice_reg891_140911.pdf|title=Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 891/2011|date=14 September 2011|publisher=HM Treasury|accessdate=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109044953/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/fin_sanc_public_notice_reg891_140911.pdf|archive-date=2012-11-09|url-status=dead}}

|birth_place = Burma

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|01|17|1944|12|15}}

|death_place = Yangon

|nationality = Burmese

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|occupation = Professor

|spouse = Sandar Aung

|children = 2

|alma_mater = Rangoon Institute of Technology

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Chan Nyein ({{langx|my|ချမ်းငြိမ်း}}) is a former Minister for Education of Myanmar (Burma).{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no384/n013.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911123101/http://www.mmtimes.com/no384/n013.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|title=Myanmar aims for 100pc literacy|author=Ye Kaung Myint Maung|date=17 September 2007|publisher=Myanmar Times|accessdate=15 April 2012}} and a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the country's national legislature from 2011 to 2016.