Min Aung Hlaing

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
မင်းအောင်လှိုင်
Min Aung Hlaing in 2021
13th Prime Minister of Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2021
President	Myint Swe (acting)
Deputy	Soe Win
Preceded by	Himself (as Chairman of SAC)
Chairman of the State Administration Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2021
President	Myint Swe (acting)
Preceded by	Aung San Suu Kyi (as State Counsellor)
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 March 2011
President	Thein Sein Htin Kyaw Win Myint Myint Swe (acting)
Deputy	Soe Win
State Counsellor	Aung San Suu Kyi
Preceded by	Than Shwe
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-03) 3 July 1956 (age 68) Tavoy, Burma (now Dawei, Myanmar)
Nationality	Burmese
Spouse(s)	Kyu Kyu Hla
Children	Multiple, including: Aung Pyae Sone Khin Thiri Thet Mon
Alma mater	Rangoon Arts and Sciences University (LL.B) Defence Services Academy
Awards	Maha Thray Sithu Honorary Malaysian Armed Forces Order for Valour (First Degree) Gallant Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces Knight Grand Cross First Class of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant of Thailand
Website	www.seniorgeneralminaunghlaing.com.mm
Military service
Allegiance	Myanmar
Branch/service	Myanmar Army
Years of service	1974–present
Rank	Senior General
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw Joint Chief of Staff Chief of Bureau of Special Operations-2 (BSO-2)

Min Aung Hlaing (Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင်; born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general. He became the 13th Prime Minister of Myanmar in 2021.^[1] He appointed himself as the Chairman of the State Administration Council since 2 February 2021.^[1] He has been accused of corruption many times during his military career.^[2]

In February 2021, he removed the elected government led by de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power^[3] in a coup d'état on 1 February 2021.^[4][5]

He was Joint Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defence from 2010 to 2011. He is also a member of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) chaired by the president of Myanmar.^[6] He was promoted to four-star General in 2011 and five-star General in 2013.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Myanmar Junta Forms Caretaker Government; Min Aung Hlaing is Prime Minister". VOA. 1 August 2021.
2. ↑ "Systemic Conflict of Interest in Myanmar Military Allows for Serious Corruption". Justice For Myanmar. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
3. ↑ "Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control". BBC News. 1 February 2021.
4. ↑ "အရေးပေါ်ကာလ ဆောင်ရွက်ပြီးစီးပါက ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ပြန်လည်ကျင်းပ၍ အနိုင်ရပါတီအား နိုင်ငံတော်တာဝန်ကို လွှဲအပ်ပေးနိုင်ရေး ဆောင်ရွက်မည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း တပ်မတော်ထုတ်ပြန်". 7 Day Daily (in Burmese). 1 February 2021.
5. ↑ "Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
6. ↑ "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008)" (PDF). Burma Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.