Ministry of Ethnic Affairs

Ministry of Ethnic Affairs
တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Ministry overview
Formed30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Jurisdiction Myanmar
HeadquartersOffice No. (10), Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar
Minister responsible
  • Saw Tun Aung Myint
Child agencies
  • Department of Ethnic Literature and Culture
  • Department of Protection of Ethnic Rights
Websitewww.moea.gov.mm

Ministry of Ethnic Affairs (Burmese: တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a Myanmar government ministry formed by the President's Office Declaration No. 1/2016 on March 30, 2016 under President U Htin Kyaw.[1] On May 25, 2016, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs to comply with the law protecting the rights of ethnic nationalities.[2] The Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs is Saw Tun Aung Myint.

  1. ^ "Formation of the Union Government (Announcement No. 1/2016)". Office of the President. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Activities of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs during the year". MOI. Retrieved March 30, 2017.