Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nativename A:နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal:MOFA Myanmar.png
Formed: (Department), (Ministry)
Preceding1:Department of Foreign Affairs
Preceding2:Foreign Office
Jurisdiction:Government of Myanmar
Headquarters:Office No (9), Naypyidaw
Coordinates:19.7534°N 96.1192°W
Minister1 Name:Than Swe
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Child1 Agency:Political Department
Child2 Agency:ASEAN Affairs Department
Child3 Agency:Strategic Studies and Training Department
Child4 Agency:Protocol Department
Child5 Agency:International Organizations and Economic Department
Child6 Agency:Consular and Legal Affairs Department
Child7 Agency:Planning and Administrative Department

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Burmese: နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန, in Burmese pronounced as /nàɪɰ̃ŋàɰ̃dʑájé wʊ̀ɰ̃dʑí tʰàna̰/, 'MOFA') is a ministry in the government of Myanmar responsible for the country's foreign relations. It also operates embassies and consulates in 44 countries.[1] It is headed by Than Swe, appointed by military leader Min Aung Hlaing.[2]

List of ministers

NameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office

Pre-independence British Burma

Aung San17 March 194619 July 1947Military
U Nu19 July 19471 August 1947Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Lun Baw1 August 194730 October 1947Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Tin Htut30 October 194716 August 1948Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League

Union of Burma (1948–1974)

Sao Hkun Hkio16 August 194814 September 1948Independent
Kyaw Nyein14 September 194831 March 1949Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Sao Hkun Hkio31 March 19495 April 1949Independent
Aye Maung5 April 194920 December 1949Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Sao Hkun Hkio10 December 194928 October 1958Independent
Thein Maung28 October 195827 February 1959Military
Chan Tun Aung27 February 19594 April 1960Military
Sao Hkun Hkio4 April 19601 March 1962Independent
Thi Han2 March 196219 June 1969Military
Maung Lwin18 June 19694 August 1970Military
Hla Han4 August 197020 April 1972Military
U Kyaw Soe20 April 19722 March 1974Military

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)

Hla Phone2 March 19743 March 1978Burma Socialist Programme Party
Myint Maung3 March 197818 March 1980Burma Socialist Programme Party
Lay Maung18 March 19809 November 1981Burma Socialist Programme Party
Chit Haling9 November 19814 November 1985Burma Socialist Programme Party
Ye Gaung4 November 198518 September 1988Burma Socialist Programme Party

Union of Myanmar (1988–2011)

Saw Maung18 September 198817 September 1991Military
Ohn Gyaw18 September 199115 November 1998Independent
Win Aung15 November 199818 September 2004Military
Nyan Win18 September 200430 March 2011Military

Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)

Wunna Maung Lwin30 March 201130 March 2016Union Solidarity and Development Party
Aung San Suu Kyi30 March 20161 February 2021National League for Democracy
Wunna Maung Lwin1 February 20211 February 2023 Union Solidarity and Development Party
21Than Swe[3] 1 February 2023Incumbent

History

During World War II, the British administration retreated to India. In 1942, the foreign affairs is served by Defence Department. After World War II, Defence and External Affairs Department was established and directly served by counsellor of the governor.

In 1946, it was under the executive council and served by General Aung San, the vice chair of that council. Later, the Myanmar Representatives led by General Aung San and British Government agreed to act the foreign cases according to Myanmar.

The Department of Foreign Affairs was established on 17 March 1947 under General Aung San. The first secretary was Shwe Baw.

On 4 May 1948, it was renamed Foreign Office and the secretary became permanent secretary. On 25 May 1967, it became Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Departments and heads of departments

List of deputy ministers

  1. Hla Phone (1969–1974)
  2. U Win (1974–1978)
  3. Tin Ohn (1978–1983)
  4. Hla Shwe (1983–1985)
  5. Saw Hlaing (1985–1988)
  6. Ohn Gyaw (1989–1991)
  7. Khin Maung Win (1991–2004)
  8. Kyaw Thu (2003–2009)
  9. Maung Myint (2004–2012)
  10. Myo Myint (2011–2012)
  11. Thant Kyaw (2012–2016)
  12. Zinyaw (2012–2014)
  13. Tin Oo Lwin (2014–2016)
  14. Kyaw Tin (2016–2017)
  15. Kyaw Myo Htut (2021–2024 January)
  16. Lwin Oo (2023-present)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. 2002. Myanmar Online Data Information Network Solutions. 18 April 2012. 17 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017224011/http://www.modins.net/myanmarinfo/ministry/foreign.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Myanmar coup: who are the military figures running the country? . The Guardian . 23 February 2021 . 2 February 2021 . 17 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210217120811/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/02/myanmar-coup-who-are-the-military-figures-running-the-country . live .
  3. News: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ်၊ ၆ / ၂၀၂၃ ၁၃၈၄ ခုနှစ်၊ တပို့တွဲလဆန်း ၁၂ ရက် (၂၀၂၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း. 1 February 2023. 1 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201162401/https://www.cincds.gov.mm/node/20927. live.
  4. News: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Myanmar National Portal. 21 April 2019. 21 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190421020015/https://myanmar.gov.mm/ministry-of-foreign-affairs. live.

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