Htin Latt Oo | |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Office: | Commander of the Western Command |
Term Start: | July 2020 |
Leader: | Min Aung Hlaing |
Predecessor: | Phone Myat |
Office2: | Commandant of the Defence Services Academy |
Term Start2: | 18 June 2018 |
Term End2: | 24 July 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Thaung Htike Shwe |
Successor2: | Zaw Hein |
Birth Place: | Burma (now Myanmar) |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Mawards: | is not set --> |
Allegiance: | Myanmar |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Rank: | Major General |
Commands: | Western Command |
Awards: | is not set --> |
Major-General Htin Latt Oo (Burmese: ထင်လတ်ဦး) is a Burmese military officer and current commander of Myanmar's Western Command, which encompasses Rakhine and Chin States.
Htin Latt Oo served as the commandant of the Defence Services Academy until July 2020, when he was appointed as commander of Myanmar's Western Command, succeeding Phone Myat.[1] He is currently leading the military's efforts to combat an insurgency by the Arakan Army in Rakhine State.[2] He has been sanctioned by the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada for violating human rights and committing crimes against civilians in the Western Command.[3] [4]