Aung Lin Dwe

In this Burmese name, the given name is Aung Lin Dwe. There is no family name.
His Excellency
General
Sithu
Zayya Kyawhtin
Aung Lin Dwe
အောင်လင်းဒွေး
Secretary of the State Administration Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 February 2021
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Personal details
Born31 May 1962 (1962-05-31) (age 62)
Burma
(now Myanmar)
CitizenshipBurmese
SpouseOhn Mar Myint
ChildrenMultiple, including:
Hlaing Bwar Aung
Phyo Arkar Aung
Shwe Ye Phu Aung
Alma materDefense Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
Branch/service Myanmar Army
Years of service1982–present
Rank General

Aung Lin Dwe (Burmese: အောင်လင်းဒွေး; pronounced [ɔːŋ lɪn dwɛɪ]; born 31 May 1962) is a Burmese army general who is the secretary of Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC).[1][2][3][4][5] He was appointed on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[6][7][8][9][10] He was also the Judge Advocate General of the Tatmadaw and the secretary to the Peace Negotiation Committee.[11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Lieutenant General Dwe Aung Lin is member of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and he is the Secretary of the State Administration Council (SAC). On 1 Feb 2021, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar by setting aside the results of the elections held on 8 Nov 2020 and by overthrowing the democratically elected government". OpenSanctions. 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Myanmar Military Chief's Henchman Rewarded for his Loyalty". The Irrawaddy. 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Pronunciation of Aung Lin Dwe in English". YouGlish.
  5. ^ Solomon Elusoji (25 February 2021). "UK Sanctions Myanmar Army Chief For Coup Role, The other five sanctioned — the secretary of the SAC, Lt Gen Aung Lin Dwe, joint secretary Lt Gen Ye Win Oo, General Tin Aung San, General Maung Maung Kyaw, and Lt Gen Moe Myint Tun — shared responsibility, it added". Channels Television.
  6. ^ "Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
    - "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး အမိန့်အမှတ်(၉/၂၀၂၁) ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၆ ရက် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၂ ရက်". Tatmadaw Information Team (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. ^ "SAC Secretary attends 50th Anniversary of Mon State Day ceremony". Global New Light of Myanmar. 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Myanmar's junta pardons over 3,000 prisoners for New Year – statement". Sight Magazine. 17 April 2023.
  9. ^ "United States targets leaders of Burma's military coup under new executive order". Progressive Voice Myanmar. 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ "State Administration Council list". Ministry of Information (Myanmar).
  11. ^ Nyein Nyein (10 November 2020). "Myanmar Military Sets up New Committee for Peace Talks". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020.
    - "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. 25 February 2021. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
    - "တပ် ထိပ်ပိုင်းခေါင်းဆောင်အချို့ ရာထူးတိုးခြင်း၊ ပြောင်းလဲခန့်အပ်ခြင်းများ ပြုလုပ်". 7Day News. 26 August 2016.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ "'Trail of bodies': defector says military's top judge came to Rakhine to destroy evidence of Rohingya atrocities. Aung Lin Dwe, who at the time was the Tatmadaw's Judge Advocate General, arrived in the village of Mawrawaddy near Maungdaw after the attacks against the minority group began in August 2017, according to Captain Nay Myo Thet". Myanmar Now. 15 April 2022.
  13. ^ Aung Naing (4 September 2022). "As country burns, it's back to business as usual for Myanmar's military elite". Myanmar Now.
  14. ^ "Myanmar to free more than 2,000 political dissidents. Military, which has used force to stamp out opposition to its rule, says amnesty is for 'humanitarian' reasons". Myanmar Now. 3 May 2023.