Min Thu (politician) explained

Min Thu
Native Name:မင်းသူ
Native Name Lang:my
Order:Union Minister of Union Government Office
Term Start:29 November 2018
Term End:1 February 2021
Predecessor:Thaung Tun
Successor:Lieutenant General Soe Htut
Deputy:Tin Myint
Order2:Deputy Minister of President Office
Term Start2:2016 December
Term End2:29 November 2018
Minister2:Aung San Suu Kyi
Birth Date:8 November 1956
Birth Place:Taunggyi, Shan State
Nationality:Myanmar
Alma Mater:DSA
Spouse:Lwin May Thein
Children:2
Branch:Tatmadaw
Rank:Colonel
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Min Thu is the former union minister of Union Government Office of Myanmar.He also served as deputy minister of the president office under Aung San Suu Kyi.[1]

Early life and education

Myint Thu was born in Taunggyi, Shan State.He graduated from the 20th intake of Defence Services Academy, and received a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree in defence studies.[2]

Career

Tatmadaw and Air Bagan

After graduating from the DSA, he served in the military and eventually retired as deputy chief of staff at Myeik Air Force Base, later working for Air Bagan.[3]

Government

In 2016, the NLD Government appointed him as a member of Naypyidaw Council.In December 2016, he became the deputy minister of president office under the union minister Aung San Suu Kyi.In November 2018, Myint Thu was appointed as union minister for Union Government Office Ministry.

In the aftermath of the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Tatmadaw appointed Lieutenant General Soe Htut as Min Thu's successor for union government office minister on 1 February 2021.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန အပြောင်းအလဲမှာ ထွေအုပ် အလုပ်ဖြစ်မှာလား.
  2. News: စစ်ဘက် အရာရှိဟောင်း ဦးမင်းသူ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ရုံး ဝန်ကြီး ဖြစ်လာရန်ရှိ.
  3. News: ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ရုံး ဝန်ကြီး ဖြစ်လာ.
  4. Web site: 2021-02-01. Tatmadaw names new govt officials. 2021-02-01. The Myanmar Times.