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Min Aung Hlaing (Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင်; pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ àʊɰ̃ l̥àɪɰ̃]; 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.
Jun 29, 2024 · Min Aung Hlaing (born July 3, 1956, Tavoy (now Dawei), Burma (now Myanmar)) is a military officer of Myanmar who, as commander in chief of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar’s armed forces), was handed power in the Myanmar coup of February 2021 and from August 2021 served as prime minister of a military-led caretaker government.
Feb 1, 2021 · Min Aung Hlaing rose steadily through the ranks of the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's powerful military, but as commander-in-chief for the past decade he also wielded significant political influence before...
Feb 1, 2021 · Learn about the 64-year-old general who led the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, and his rise and fall in the country's politics and conflicts. Find out how he became the commander-in-chief, faced international sanctions and allegations of genocide, and assumed all state power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and others.
Apr 13, 2023 · Min Aung Hlaing has returned Myanmar to a pariah state and made it the world’s second most authoritarian regime, per the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2022 Democracy Index. Only Taliban-ruled ...
Dec 10, 2021 · Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing has been accused before the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity for overseeing, as army chief, a deadly crackdown...
Feb 1, 2021 · Analysts and campaigners say commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing’s presidential ambitions played a key role in power grab.
