Ko Ko Hlaing | |
|---|---|
ကိုကိုလှိုင် | |
 | |
| Minister of International Cooperation | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Myint Swe (Acting) |
| Leader | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Kyaw Tin |
| Chief Political Advisor of the President's Office of Myanmar | |
| In office 19 April 2011 – 31 March 2016 Serving with
Ye Tint and
Nay Zin Latt | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Vice President of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1956 (age 67) Myinmu, Sagaing Region, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Occupation | Researcher and writer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | 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]
References
- ^ "Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "သမ္မတ အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ ပညာရှင်နှင့် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ကိုးဦးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "ကိုကိုလှိုင် ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဥ်း". Free Burma (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "Advisory Board". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Allchin, Joseph (28 April 2011). "Presidential 'advisors' raise eyebrows". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Deutsch, Anthony; McPherson, Poppy (18 February 2022). "Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top U.N. court". Reuters. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
Ko Ko Hlaing | |
|---|---|
ကိုကိုလှိုင် | |
|
| |
| Minister of International Cooperation | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Myint Swe (Acting) |
| Leader | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Kyaw Tin |
| Chief Political Advisor of the President's Office of Myanmar | |
| In office 19 April 2011 – 31 March 2016 Serving with
Ye Tint and
Nay Zin Latt | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Vice President of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1956 (age 67) Myinmu, Sagaing Region, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Occupation | Researcher and writer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | 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]
References
- ^ "Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "သမ္မတ အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ ပညာရှင်နှင့် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ကိုးဦးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "ကိုကိုလှိုင် ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဥ်း". Free Burma (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "Advisory Board". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Allchin, Joseph (28 April 2011). "Presidential 'advisors' raise eyebrows". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Deutsch, Anthony; McPherson, Poppy (18 February 2022). "Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top U.N. court". Reuters. Retrieved 14 February 2024.