Ko Ko Hlaing Explained

Ko Ko Hlaing
Native Name Lang:my
Office:Minister of International Cooperation
Term Start:1 February 2021
President:Myint Swe (Acting)
Leader:Min Aung Hlaing
Predecessor:Kyaw Tin
Office2:Chief Political Advisor of the President's Office of Myanmar
Alongside2:Ye Tint and Nay Zin Latt
Term Start2:19 April 2011
Term End2:31 March 2016
Predecessor2:Office established
Office3:Vice President of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association
Birth Place:Myinmu, Sagaing Region, Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Other Names:Sithu Aung
Hlaing Aung
Occupation:Researcher and writer
Alma Mater:Defence Services Academy
Allegiance:Myanmar
Branch:Myanmar Army
Rank:Colonel

Ko Ko Hlaing (Burmese: ကိုကိုလှိုင်, born 24 October 1956[1] in Myinmu[2] [3]) 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.[4]

In 1976, he graduated from the Defence Services Academy.[3] The following year, he joined the Myanmar Army, as a gazetted officer.[3] [5] From 1991 to 2004, he served as the War Office's First Class Chief Researcher.[3] 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.[3]

He is serving as the minister of international cooperation in Myanmar's military government.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations . 2022-07-27 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.
  2. News: သမ္မတ အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ ပညာရှင်နှင့် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ကိုးဦးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်း. 26 April 2011. The Voice Weekly. 5 October 2012. Burmese.
  3. News: ကိုကိုလှိုင် ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဥ်း. Free Burma. Burmese. 28 September 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130218005826/http://freeburma.info/index.php/Ko_Ko_Hlaing. 18 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Advisory Board. 27 August 2012. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 28 September 2012.
  5. News: Presidential 'advisors' raise eyebrows. Allchin. Joseph. 28 April 2011. Democratic Voice of Burma. 28 September 2012.
  6. News: Deutsch . Anthony . McPherson . Poppy . Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top U.N. court . 14 February 2024 . . 18 February 2022.