Maung Maung Ohn (Burmese: မောင်မောင်အုန်း) is the current union minister for Information of Myanmar. He has served as the union minister of Hotels and Tourism from February 2021 to August 2021 and Chief Minister of Rakhine State, Myanmar from 2014 to 2016. He is a Myanmar Army general and former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.[2]
Maung Maung Ohn | |
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မောင်မောင်အုန်း | |
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| Union Minister of Information[1] | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Chit Naing |
| Union Minister of Hotels and Tourism | |
| In office 7 February 2021 – 5 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ohn Maung |
| Succeeded by | Htay Aung |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Rakhine State | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 30 March 2016 | |
| President | Thein Sein |
| Preceded by | Hla Maung Tin |
| Succeeded by | Nyi Pu |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Burma |
| Cabinet | Rakhine State Government |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Rank | Major General |
He replaced Hla Maung Tin, whose resignation was announced by Burmese state-run media on 20 June 2014.[3] Maung Maung Ohn is an ethnic Burman, despite demands from the Rakhine National Party that the post be held by an ethnic Rakhine who is also an elected member of parliament and party member.[4] Maung Maung Ohn was nominated by President Thein Sein for the post, and confirmed by the Rakhine State Hluttaw on 30 June.[5]
References edit
- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၅၅ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၉ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးပြောင်းရွှေ့ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း".
- ^ Lawi Weng (25 June 2014). "General Appointed Arakan Chief Minister, Govt Tells Local MPs". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Mratt Kyaw Thu (20 June 2013). "Rakhine State Chief Minister resigns". Mizzima. Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "New Chief Minister for Myanmar's Rakhine State to Serve for Only a Year". Radio Free Asia. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Wa Lone, 4 July 2014. "New chief minister to face close scrutiny from MPs". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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