Ko Ko Hlaing

Ko Ko Hlaing (Burmese: ကိုကိုလှိုင်, born 1956 in Myinmu[1][2]) is a Burmese military researcher and writer, served under Thein Sein as the chief political advisor to the President's Office of Myanmar, after being appointed on 19 April 2011.[3]

Ko Ko Hlaing
ကိုကိုလှိုင်
Chief Political Advisor of the President's Office of Myanmar
In office
19 April 2011  31 March 2016
Serving with Ye Tint and Nay Zin Latt
Preceded byOffice established
Vice President of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association
Personal details
Born1956 (1956) (age 65)
Myinmu, Sagaing Region, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Alma materDefence Services Academy
OccupationResearcher and writer
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
RankColonel

In 1976, he graduated from the Defence Services Academy.[2] The following year, he joined the Myanmar Army, as a gazetted officer.[2][4] From 1991 to 2004, he served as the War Office's First Class Chief Researcher.[2] In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Advisor of the Ministry of Information's Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, the country's chief censorship agency.[2]

References

  1. "သမ္မတ အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ ပညာရှင်နှင့် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ကိုးဦးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "ကိုကိုလှိုင် ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဥ်း". Free Burma (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. "Advisory Board". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  4. Allchin, Joseph (28 April 2011). "Presidential 'advisors' raise eyebrows". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.