Maung Maung Kyaw

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Maung Maung Kyaw
မောင်မောင်ကျော်
Member of the State Administration Council
In office
2 February 2021 – 1 August 2021[1]
LeaderMin Aung Hlaing
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Air Force
Assumed office
2 January 2018
Preceded byKhin Aung Myint
Personal details
Born23 July 1964 (1964-07-23) (age 57)
Burma (now Myanmar)
NationalityBurmese
Spouse(s)Aung Mar Myint
RelationsThant Kyaw (brother)
ChildrenHein Htet
Kaung Htet
FatherKyaw Htin
Military service
Allegiance Myanmar
Branch/serviceMyanmar Air Force
RankGeneral

General Maung Maung Kyaw (Burmese: မောင်မောင်ကျော်, born 23 July 1964[2]) is a Burmese military officer who is currently serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Air Force and a member of Myanmar's State Administration Council.[2]

Career[]

He was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Air Force on 2 January 2018, after his predecessor Khin Maung Myint reached the mandatory retirement age.[3][4]

Subsequently, he was appointed as a members of the SAC on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[5][6][7][citation needed]

Sanctions[]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on "Maung Maung Kyaw" since 22 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, for he is an official of the military or security forces of Burma and a member of the State Administration Council responsible for killing of peaceful protestors. The US sanctions include freezing of assets under the US and ban on transactions with US person.[8]

The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on him since 18 February 2021, pursuant to Special Economic Measures Act and Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations, in response to the gravity of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Canadian sanctions include freezing of assets under Canada and ban on transactions with Canadian person.[9][10]

The British Government placed sanctions on him on 25 February 2021, following the coup. The UK sanctions include freezing of assets under the UK and ban on traveling or transiting to the UK. [11][12]

Furthermore, the Council of the European Union has imposed sanctions on him since 22 March 2021, pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/479 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/480 which amended Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013, for his responsibility for the military coup and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful demonstrators. The EU sanctions include freezing of assets under member countries of the EU and ban on traveling or transiting to the countries.[13][14]

Personal life[]

He is the youngest son of General Thura Kyaw Htin. His elder brother is a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[6] Maung Maung Kyaw is married to Aung Mar Myint, and has two sons, Hein Htet and Kaung Htet.[15][better source needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK - REGIME: Burma" (PDF). Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury. 25 February 2021. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (လေ) ပြောင်းလဲခန့်အပ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  4. ^ "New Air Force Chief Has Risen Rapidly Through the Ranks". The Irrawaddy. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး (ငြိမ်း) သူရကျော်ထင်၏ အငယ်ဆုံးသားကို လေတပ်ဦးစီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး အမိန့်အမှတ်(၉/၂၀၂၁) ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၆ ရက် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၂ ရက်". Tatmadaw Information Team (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-02-02.[dead link]
  8. ^ "United States Targets Members of Burma's State Administrative Council following Violence against Protestors". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17)". Justice Laws Website. 4 June 1992. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations: SOR/2021-18". The Government of Canada. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Financial Sanctions Notice: Burma" (PDF). Office of Financial Sacntions Implementation, HM Treasury. 25 February 2021. p. 1. The following entries have been added to the consolidated list and are now subject to an asset freeze. Tin Aung SAN (Group ID: 14059)
  12. ^ Raab, Dominic (25 February 2021). "UK sanctions further Myanmar military figures for role in coup: 25 February 2021:Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announces further sanctions against members of Myanmar's State Administration Council". Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Myanmar/Burma: EU sanctions 11 people over the recent military coup and ensuing repression". The Council of the European Union. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Journal of the European Union". 22 March 2021. pp. 15–24. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Myanmar military SAC members, their businesses and associates that require targeted sanctions". Justice For Myanmar. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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