Than Hlaing

In this Burmese name, the given name is Than Hlaing. There is no family name.
Than Hlaing
သန်းလှိုင်
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
2 February 2021 – 2 May 2022
PresidentMyint Swe (acting)
Preceded bySoe Tint Naing
Succeeded byZin Min Htet
Chief of Myanmar Police Force
In office
2 February 2021 – 2 May 2022
Minister of Home AffairsSoe Htut
Preceded byAung Win Oo
Succeeded byZin Min Htet
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Union of Burma
NationalityBurmese
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
RankLieutenant General

Lieutenant-General Than Hlaing (Burmese: သန်းလှိုင်; born in 1965[1]) is a Burmese politician and army officer who served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force (MPF), appointed by the State Administration Council on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[2] He previously served as the head of Eastern Central Command and North Western Command.[3]

The MPF falls within the jurisdiction of the Minister of Home Affairs,[4] currently headed by Myanmar Army Lieutenant General Soe Htut.[5] The chief of Police usually holds the rank of Police Major General.[4] However, Than Hlaing holds the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was replaced by Major General Zin Min Htet in May 2022.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Global Magnitsky Designations and Designations Updates; Burma-related Designations". The U.S. Department of the Treasury. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Order No (6/2021), State Administration Council, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Younger brother of Myanmar's police chief murdered in regime custody". Myanmar NOW. 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Selth, Andrew (April 2012). "Myanmar's Police Forces:Coercion, Continuity and Change" (PDF). Contemporary Southeast Asia. 34 (1). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: 50, 59. doi:10.1355/cs34-1c. hdl:10072/47547. S2CID 145259666.
  5. ^ "Order No (6/2021), Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 2 February 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Deputy Minister appointed and concurrently assigned to the duties of Chief of Myanmar Police Force".
  7. ^ "Re-assignment to original military duties".