Soe Maung

Soe Maung
စိုးမောင်
Minister of the President’s Office
In office
30 March 2011 – 30 March 2016
Succeeded byAung San Suu Kyi
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
In office
31 January 2011 – 30 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTin Htay Aung (NLD)
ConstituencyYesagyo Township
Majority101,146 (76.72%)[1]
Judge Advocate General
Personal details
Born (1952-12-20) 20 December 1952 (age 71)
Yesagyo, Magway Division, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Political partyUnion Solidarity and Development Party
SpouseNang Phyu Phyu Aye
ChildrenZaw Win Shein
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Military service
AllegianceMyanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Army
Years of service-2011
RankMajor-General

Soe Maung (Burmese: စိုးမောင်) is a Burmese politician and retired army general. He served as a Minister of the President's Office in Thein Sein's Cabinet along with five other ministers.[2] He is a retired Major General in the Myanmar Army and a former Judge Advocate General. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Academy.[3]

In August 2018, Soe Maung registered a new political party, Democratic Party of National Politics (DNP), in the leadup to the 2020 Myanmar general election, along with another former military officer and Auditor-General, Lun Maung.[4][5][6] DNP has faced allegations of being a proxy party for the military-operated Union Solidarity and Development Party because of Soe Maung's close ties to Than Shwe.[4][5] Soe Maung is also a chair of Ra Hta Pa La Association (ရဋ္ဌပါလအသင်း; from Pali: Raṭṭhapāla, lit. 'country's protectors'), a nationalist organization.[7]

  1. ^ "MAGWE DIVISION". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Cabinet". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ^ Aung Shin (15 November 2010). "In Magwe Region, the friendly election". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Election 2020 | Ex-Military Generals' Party Broke Law, Myanmar Election Commission Says". The Irrawaddy. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  5. ^ a b "Founder Denies Newly Formed DNP Serves Military Interests". The Irrawaddy. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  6. ^ "Ex-Generals Apply to Form New Political Party". The Irrawaddy. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  7. ^ "Nationalist party demands its candidates pay $220 to compete in election". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2021-01-11.