Mya Tun Oo

General Mya Tun Oo (Burmese: မြထွန်းဦး; also spelt Mya Htun Oo) is Myanmar's incumbent Minister for Defence, appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces on 1 February 2021.[1]

Mya Tun Oo
မြထွန်းဦး
Minister for Defence
Assumed office
1 February 2021
PresidentMyint Swe
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded bySein Win
Personal details
Born5 May 1961 (1961-05-05) (age 59)
CitizenshipBurmese
Spouse(s)Thet Thet Aung
Alma materDefence Services Academy
CabinetMin Aung Hlaing's military cabinet
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Years of service1980-present
RankGeneral

Early life and education

Mya Tun Oo was born on 5 May 1961.[2] He graduated in the Defence Services Academy's 25th intake in 1980.[2]

Career

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.[3] By 2010, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, serving as the rector of the Defence Services Academy, his alma mater.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] After years of speculation, he was appointed by the Armed Forces as the Minister for Defence on 1 February 2021.[4][1]

Personal life

Mya Tun Oo is married to Thet Thet Aung.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Tatmadaw names new govt officials". The Myanmar Times. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. "Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo Appointed Burmese Military's Chief of General Staff". The Irrawaddy. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. "Who will be Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief?". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. "Tipped as Next Myanmar Army Chief, Mya Tun Oo Gets Promotion". The Irrawaddy. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. "တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး မင်းအောင်လှိုင် ဦးဆောင်သည့် မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော် ချစ်ကြည်ရေးကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖွဲ့ လာအိုပြည်သူ့ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် သမ္မတနိုင်ငံမှပြန်လည်ရောက်ရှိ". Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. "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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