Mya Tun Oo

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In this Burmese name, the given name is Mya Tun Oo. There is no family name.
Mya Tun Oo
General
မြထွန်းဦး
Mya Tun Oo in 2020
Minister for Defence
In office
1 February 2021 – 3 August 2023[1]
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
DeputyAung Lin Oo
Preceded bySein Win
Succeeded byTin Aung San
Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar
Assumed office
1 February 2023
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Member of the State Administration Council
Assumed office
2 February 2021
Personal details
Born5 May 1961 (1961-05-05) (age 62)
CitizenshipBurmese
SpouseThet Thet Aung
Alma materDefence Services Academy
CabinetMin Aung Hlaing's military cabinet
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar Tatmadaw
Years of service1980–present
Rank General

General Mya Tun Oo (Burmese: မြထွန်းဦး; also spelt Mya Htun Oo) is a Burmese military officer and politician who serves as the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar since 2023 February and Minister for Defence and[2][3] member of the State Administration Council since 2021 February.[4] He is also a member of the National Defence and Security Council as the Minister of Defence.

Early life and education[edit]

Mya Tun Oo was born on 5 May 1961.[5] He graduated in the Defence Services Academy's 25th intake in 1984.[5][6]

Career[edit]

Mya Tun Oo's rapid rise through the armed forces was noted by political observers, known for his professional record in both field combat and staff roles.[7] By 2010, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, serving as the rector of the Defence Services Academy, his alma mater.[5] From 2011 to 2012, he served as the commander of the Eastern Central Command, which encompasses central Shan State.[6] In 2012, he was promoted to the rank of major general, serving as the army's chief of staff, chief of military security affairs, and chief of the Bureau of Special Operations 6.[5] From 2015 to 2017, he served as the head of Bureau of Operations - 5, which includes the Naypyidaw and Western Commands.[6] On 26 August 2016, he was promoted to the rank of general, serving as the chief of general staff for the army, navy, and air force.[5] After years of speculation, he was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services as the Minister for Defence on 1 February 2021.[2][8][3] On the following day (2 February 2021), he was appointed as a member of the State Administration Council by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.[4]

Sanctions[edit]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on "Mya Tun Oo" since 11 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, in response to the Burmese military's coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Burma. The US sanctions include a freezing of any assets in the US and a ban on transactions with US individuals.[9]

The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on him since 18 February 2021, pursuant to Special Economic Measures Act and Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations, in response to the gravity of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma).[10] Canadian sanctions include freezing potential assets in Canada and a ban on transactions with Canadian individuals.[11][12]

HM Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of United Kingdom have also imposed sanctions on him since 18 February 2021, for his responsibility for serious human rights violations in Burma. The UK sanctions include freezing potential assets held in the UK and a ban on traveling or transiting to the UK.[13]

Furthermore, the Council of the European Union has imposed sanctions on him since 22 March 2021, pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/479 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/480 which amended Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013, for his responsibility for the military coup and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful demonstrators. The EU sanctions include freezing of assets under member countries of the EU and ban on traveling or transiting to the countries.[14][15]

Personal life[edit]

Mya Tun Oo is married to Thet Thet Aung.[16][17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Myanmar Junta Leader Reshuffles Cabinet Days After Extending Emergency Rule". The Irrawaddy. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Order No (6/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 2 February 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. ^ a b "Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo Appointed Burmese Military's Chief of General Staff". The Irrawaddy. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. ^ a b c "Min Aung Hlaing and His Generals: Some Biographical Notes". FULCRUM. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  7. ^ "Who will be Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief?". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  8. ^ "Tipped as Next Myanmar Army Chief, Mya Tun Oo Gets Promotion". The Irrawaddy. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  9. ^ "United States Targets Leaders of Burma's Military Coup Under New Executive Order". The U.S. Department of the Treasury. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Financial Sanctions Notice Burma 18 February 2021". gov.je. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  11. ^ "Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17)". Justice Laws Website. 4 June 1992. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations: SOR/2021-18". The Government of Canada. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ^ Raab, Dominic (18 February 2021). "UK sanctions Myanmar military generals for serious human rights violations:The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced sanctions against members of the Myanmar military for serious human rights violations following the military coup". Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Myanmar/Burma: EU sanctions 11 people over the recent military coup and ensuing repression". The Council of the European Union. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Official Journal of the European Union". 22 March 2021. pp. 15–24. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  16. ^ "တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး မင်းအောင်လှိုင် ဦးဆောင်သည့် မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော် ချစ်ကြည်ရေးကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖွဲ့ လာအိုပြည်သူ့ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် သမ္မတနိုင်ငံမှပြန်လည်ရောက်ရှိ". Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  17. ^ "မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော် အားကစားအဖွဲ့နှင့် လာအိုပြည်သူ့တပ်မတော် အားကစားအဖွဲ့ ချစ်ကြည်ရေး ဘောလုံးပြိုင်ပွဲနှင့် ပိုက်ကျော်ခြင်းပြိုင်ပွဲများအသီးသီး ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ကစား". Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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