Min Aung Hlaing facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Senior General
Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing
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မင်းအောင်လှိုင်
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Min Aung Hlaing in 2021
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| Chairman of the State Administration Council | |
| Assumed office 2 February 2021 |
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| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
| Deputy | Soe Win |
| Preceded by | Aung San Suu Kyi (as State Counsellor) |
| Prime Minister of Myanmar | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2021 |
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| President | Myint Swe (acting) |
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| Preceded by | Thein Sein (2011) |
| Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2011 |
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| President | Thein Sein Htin Kyaw Win Myint Myint Swe (acting) |
| Deputy | Soe Win |
| State Counsellor | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Preceded by | Than Shwe |
| Joint Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | |
| In office June 2010 – 30 March 2011 |
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| Commander-in-Chief | Than Shwe |
| Preceded by | Shwe Mann |
| Succeeded by | Hla Htay Win |
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| Born | 3 July 1956 Minbu, Burma |
| Spouse | Kyu Kyu Hla |
| Children | Multiple, including: Aung Pyae Sone Khin Thiri Thet Mon |
| Alma mater | Rangoon Arts and Sciences University (LL.B) Defence Services Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1974–present |
| Rank | Senior general |
| Battles/wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar
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Min Aung Hlaing (Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင် abbreviated: MAL born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Council since seizing power in the February 2021 coup d'état. He took the nominally civilian role of prime minister of Myanmar in August 2021. He has led the Tatmadaw (military), an independent branch of government, as the commander-in-chief of Defence Services since March 2011, when he was handpicked to succeed longtime military ruler Than Shwe, who transferred leadership over the country to a civilian government upon retiring. Before assuming leadership over the Tatmadaw, Min Aung Hlaing served as Joint Chief of Staff from 2010 to 2011.
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Early life and education
Min Aung Hlaing was born on 3 July 1956 in Minbu, Magway Region, Burma to Khin Hlaing and Hla Mu, as the fourth of five children. His parents were teachers from Dawei, in Tanintharyi Region. His family moved to Mandalay as duty when he was 5 years. His father, Khin Hlaing, was an artist.
Min Aung Hlaing passed his matriculation exam in 1972 at BEHS 1 Latha of Rangoon (now Yangon). He attended and studied law at the Rangoon Arts and Science University from 1973 to 1974. On his third attempt, he was admitted to the Defence Services Academy in 1974 as part of the 19th Intake, and he graduated in 1977. According to classmates, Min Aung Hlaing was taciturn, and an unremarkable cadet. He was reportedly shunned by classmates because of his reserved personality.
Career
Rising through the ranks, Min Aung Hlaing became a five-star general by 2013. During the period of civilian rule from 2011 to 2021, Min Aung Hlaing worked to ensure the military's continued role in politics and forestalled the peace process with ethnic armed groups. A United Nations fact-finding mission found he deliberately perpetrated the Rohingya genocide.
Baselessly claiming widespread voting irregularities and electoral fraud in the 2020 Myanmar general election in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a landslide re-election, Min Aung Hlaing seized power from her in the 2021 coup. He had been expected to run for president of Myanmar had the military proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, won enough seats in parliament to elect him, and would have been required to retire as Commander-in-Chief due to a constitutional age limit. With the outbreak of mass protests against his rule, Min Aung Hlaing ordered a clampdown and suppression of demonstrations, sparking an ongoing civil war. Min Aung Hlaing's forces have employed scorched earth tactics in the civil war, including airstrikes on civilians. He has ordered the execution of prominent democracy activists, the first use of the death penalty in decades. In foreign policy, he has resisted influence from ASEAN and relied on greater cooperation with Russia, China, and India. In response to his human rights abuses and corruption, Min Aung Hlaing and his government have been subjected to an extensive series of international sanctions, returning Myanmar to its former status as a pariah state. The 2022 Democracy Index rated Myanmar under Min Aung Hlaing as the second-most authoritarian regime in the world, with only Afghanistan rated less democratic.
Personal life
Min Aung Hlaing married Kyu Kyu Hla, a retired lecturer, in 1980. He has several children, including son Aung Pyae Sone and daughter Khin Thiri Thet Mon.
Promotions
Major General – 2008/2009
Lieutenant General – Late 2009
General – Early 2011
Vice-Senior General – Early 2012
Senior General – March 2013
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Awards and decorations
The Most Gallant Order of Military Service, Gallant Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces (Darjah Panglima Gagah Angkatan Tentera), Honorary Malaysian Armed Forces Order for Valor (1st Degree), Malaysia.
Medal "For strengthening the military commonwealth" (Ministry of Defense, Russia)
Badge of Honor of FSMTC "For the Merits in the Field of Military-Technical Cooperation"
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Knight Grand Cross (1st Class), Thailand
The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, Knight Grand Cross (1st Class), Thailand
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On 17 April 2022, Min Aung Hlaing gave himself Myanmar's two highest titles; Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma (The Most Glorious Order of Truth) and Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu (the Order of the Union of Myanmar).
Religious honors
On 7 October 2019, the Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA) awarded him the title of Mingaladhamma Zawtika Dhaza and the permanent patron of YMBA. On 9 December 2020, YMBA awarded him the title of Thado Thiri Agga Maha Mingalar Zawtika.
Images for kids
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Min Aung Hlaing meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 29 July 2015
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Min Aung Hlaing meeting with Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu
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Min Aung Hlaing and Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, September 2022. The theme was On the Path to a Multipolar World.
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See also
In Spanish: Min Aung Hlaing para niños
