Maung Maung Ohn

In this Burmese name, the given name is Maung Maung Ohn. There is no family name.
Maung Maung Ohn
မောင်မောင်အုန်း
Union Minister of Information[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 August 2021
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byChit Naing
Union Minister of Hotels and Tourism
In office
7 February 2021 – 5 August 2021
Preceded byOhn Maung
Succeeded byHtay Aung
2nd Chief Minister of Rakhine State
In office
1 July 2014 – 30 March 2016
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byHla Maung Tin
Succeeded byNyi Pu
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Personal details
BornBurma
CabinetRakhine State Government
Military service
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
RankMajor General

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]

  1. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၅၅ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၉ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁ ရက်) ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးပြောင်းရွှေ့ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း".
  2. ^ Lawi Weng (25 June 2014). "General Appointed Arakan Chief Minister, Govt Tells Local MPs". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ Mratt Kyaw Thu (20 June 2013). "Rakhine State Chief Minister resigns". Mizzima. Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ "New Chief Minister for Myanmar's Rakhine State to Serve for Only a Year". Radio Free Asia. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ Wa Lone, 4 July 2014. "New chief minister to face close scrutiny from MPs". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)