Maung Maung Ohn Explained

Maung Maung Ohn
Native Name Lang:my
Order1:Union Minister of Hotels and Tourism
Term Start1:7 February 2021
Term End1:5 August 2021
Predecessor1:Ohn Maung
Successor1:Htay Aung
Office:Union Minister of Information[1]
Term Start:1 August 2021
Predecessor:Chit Naing
1Blankname:Prime Minister
Order2:2nd Chief Minister of Rakhine State
Term Start2:1 July 2014
Term End2:30 March 2016
Predecessor2:Hla Maung Tin
President2:Thein Sein
Successor2:Nyi Pu
Order3:Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Term End3:25 June 2014
Birth Place:Burma
Cabinet:Rakhine State Government
Branch:Myanmar Army
Rank:Major General
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Maung Maung Ohn (Burmese: မောင်မောင်အုန်း) is the current union minister for Information of Myanmar. He has served as the union minister of Hotels and Tourism from February 2021 to August 2021 and Chief Minister of Rakhine State, Myanmar from 2014 to 2016. He is a Myanmar Army general and former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.[2]

He replaced Hla Maung Tin, whose resignation was announced by Burmese state-run media on 20 June 2014.[3] Maung Maung Ohn is an ethnic Burman, despite demands from the Rakhine National Party that the post be held by an ethnic Rakhine who is also an elected member of parliament and party member.[4] Maung Maung Ohn was nominated by President Thein Sein for the post, and confirmed by the Rakhine State Hluttaw on 30 June.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၅၅ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၉ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးပြောင်းရွှေ့ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း.
  2. News: General Appointed Arakan Chief Minister, Govt Tells Local MPs. Lawi Weng. 25 June 2014. The Irrawaddy. 9 July 2015.
  3. News: Rakhine State Chief Minister resigns . Mratt Kyaw Thu . 20 June 2013 . Mizzima . 9 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141122045218/http://www.mizzima.com/mizzima-news/myanmar/item/11519-rakhine-state-chief-minister-resigns . November 22, 2014 .
  4. News: New Chief Minister for Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Serve for Only a Year. 27 June 2014. Radio Free Asia. 9 July 2015.
  5. News: New chief minister to face close scrutiny from MPs. Wa Lone. 4 July 2014. Myanmar Times. 9 July 2015.