Kan Zaw (Burmese: ကံဇော်, born 11 October 1954[3]) is the current Union Minister for Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.
[3] Kan Zaw has had a long career with the Yangon Institute of Economics, having served as a professor, department head and ultimately as rector.
[3] In February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military junta, the State Administration Council, appointed Kan Zaw as Union Auditor General, replacing Maw Than.
[8] After accepting the military appointment, Kan Zaw's family became the target of a social punishment campaign.
In November 2021, the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA) conference courted controversy for inviting Kan Zaw as a "guest of honour.