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]