Office of the Attorney General (Myanmar)

Office of the Union Attorney General
ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံး
Agency overview
Formed1948; 76 years ago (1948)
TypeAgency
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersNaypyidaw, Myanmar
MottoThe Legal Profession is a Noble Profession
Agency executives
  • Dr Thida Oo, Union Attorney General
  • San Lwin, Deputy Union Attorney General
Websitewww.oag.gov.mm

The Office of the Attorney General of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံး; abbreviated OAG) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The Office is led by the Union Attorney General of Myanmar.[1] The incumbent Attorney General is Dr Thida Oo, who was appointed on 2 February 2021 by Min Aung Hlaing following a military coup d'état on 1 February 2021. After the caretaker government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Myo Thant (18 February 2011). "Tin Aye is EC chairman; Tun Shin nominated For Atty-Gen". Mizzima. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၇၆ / ၂၀၂၁".
  3. ^ "Union Attorney-General Office reformed as Legal Affairs Ministry".
  4. ^ "ORDER NO. 176: MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS FORMED".