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Mya Tun Oo

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Mya Tun Oo is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.
TypePerson[sources]
NameMYA TUN OO · Mya Tun OO · Mya Tun Oo · OO, Mya Tun · Мья Тун Оо · 5 more...[sources]
Other nameBogyoke Mya Tun Oo · Brigjen Mya Tun Oo · General Mya Htun Oo · General Mya Tun Oo · Gjeneral Major Mya Tun Oo · 30 more...[sources]
Birth date · [sources]
Place of birthMyanmar · Yangon[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
CountryMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
CitizenshipMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
Country of birthMyanmar (Burma)[sources]
First nameMYA TUN · Mya · Mya Tun[sources]
KeywordsNational government[sources]
Last nameMYA TUN OO · Mya Tun Oo · OO · Oo[sources]
Second nameHtun · Tun[sources]
TitleGeneral[sources]
Wikidata IDQ19718465[sources]
PositionAppointed Deputy Prime Minister on 1 February 2023. As of 1 August 2023, he also assumed the role of Minister of Transport and Communications. Minister of Defence from 1 February 2021 to 3 August 2023. Joint Chief of Staff of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) from August 2016 until his appointment as Minister of Defence. Member of the State Administrative Council (SAC). Member of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). · Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar (2023-) · Général et membre des forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw) · Membre du Conseil d'administration de l'État (SAC) · Minister of Defence · 7 more...[sources]
EducationDefence Services Academy[sources]
ReligionBuddhism · Theravāda[sources]
EthnicityBamar[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Minister for Defence; Myanmar military Reserves List; Member of the State Administration Council

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List,

General Mya Tun Oo is a member of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). He was Minister of Defence from 1 February 2021 to 3 August 2023, and is a member of the State Administrative Council (SAC). On 1 February 2023, he was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister. As of 1 August 2023, he also assumed the role of Minister of Transport and Communications. He also oversees other junta-controlled supervisory bodies related to foreign investment and trade. On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar by setting aside the results of the elections held on 8 November 2020 and by overthrowing the democratically elected government. As part of the coup, Vice-President Myint Swe, functioning as Acting President, declared a state of emergency on 1 February 2021 and transferred the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the state to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. On 2 February 2021, the SAC was established to exercise those powers, preventing the democratically elected government from fulfilling its mandate. Mya Tun Oo participated in the meeting of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) on 31 January 2022, which extended the state of emergency until 31 July 2022. As member of the NDSC and SAC, General Mya Tun Oo has been directly involved in and responsible for decision-making concerning state functions and is therefore responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, the SAC adopted decisions restricting the rights to freedom of expression, including access to information, and peaceful assembly. The military forces and authorities operating under the control of the SAC have committed serious human rights violations since 1 February 2021, killing civilian and unarmed protestors, restricting freedom of assembly and of expression, including by restricting internet access, and through arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition leaders and opponents of the coup. As member of the SAC, General Mya Tun Oo is directly responsible for those repressive decisions and for serious human rights violations. Furthermore, as former Minister of Defence, Mya Tun Oo bears responsibility for the attacks by the military forces in Kayah State on 25 December 2021 killing more than 30 people, including children and humanitarian staff, and mass killings and torture of civilians throughout Myanmar. In his previous role as Minister of Defence, General Mya Tun Oo was moreover responsible for the bombardments, air raids, and other instances of large-scale violence that have been carried out by the Myanmar armed forces during 2022. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma. In 2018, the United Nations as well as international civil society organisations reported gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States against the Rohingya population by the military and police forces since 2011 and concluded that many of those violations amount to the gravest crimes under international law. Mya Tun Oo was Joint Chief of Staff of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), the third most senior position in the Tatmadaw, from August 2016 until his appointment as Minister of Defence. In that capacity, he oversaw military operations carried out in Rakhine State and coordinated the various armed forces, including the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the use of artillery. He is therefore responsible for those serious violations and abuses against the Rohingya population.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Le général Mya Tun Oo est membre des forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw). Il a été ministre de la défense du 1er février 2021 au 3 août 2023, et est membre du Conseil d’administration de l’État (SAC). Le 1er février 2023, il a également été nommé vice-Premier ministre. Le 1er août 2023, il a aussi pris les fonctions de ministre des transports et des communications. Par ailleurs, il supervise d’autres organismes de surveillance contrôlés par la junte dans le domaine des investissements étrangers et du commerce extérieur. Le 1er février 2021, les forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw), dirigées par Min Aung Hlaing, leur commandant en chef, ont perpétré un coup d’État au Myanmar/en Birmanie en rejetant les résultats des élections tenues le 8 novembre 2020 et en renversant le gouvernement démocratiquement élu. Dans le cadre de ce coup d’État, le vice-président Myint Swe, agissant en qualité de président par intérim, a proclamé l’état d’urgence le 1er février 2021 et transféré les pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire de l’État au commandant en chef des services de défense, le généralissime Min Aung Hlaing. Le 2 février 2021, le SAC a été institué pour exercer ces pouvoirs, empêchant le gouvernement démocratiquement élu d’accomplir son mandat. Mya Tun Oo a participé à la réunion du Conseil national de défense et de sécurité (NDSC) du 31 janvier 2022, lors de laquelle l’état d’urgence a été prorogé jusqu’au 31 juillet 2022. En sa qualité de membre du NDSC et du SAC, le général Mya Tun Oo a directement participé à la prise de décisions relatives aux fonctions de l’État et en porte la responsabilité et est donc responsable d’avoir porté atteinte à la démocratie et à l’État de droit au Myanmar/en Birmanie. En outre, le SAC a adopté des décisions limitant le droit à la liberté d’expression, y compris à l’accès à l’information, et le droit de se réunir pacifiquement. Les forces militaires et les autorités opérant sous le contrôle du SAC commettent de graves violations des droits de l’homme depuis le 1er février 2021, en tuant des civils et des manifestants non armés, en limitant la liberté de réunion et d’expression, y compris par des restrictions à l’accès à l’internet, des arrestations arbitraires et la détention de dirigeants de l’opposition et d’opposants au coup d’État. En sa qualité de membre du SAC, le général Mya Tun Oo est directement responsable de ces décisions répressives et de graves violations des droits de l’homme. En outre, en tant qu’ancien ministre de la défense, Mya Tun Oo porte la responsabilité des attaques menées par les forces militaires dans l’État kayah le 25 décembre 2021, qui ont fait plus de 30 morts, dont des enfants et du personnel humanitaire, ainsi que des massacres et des actes de torture perpétrés contre des civils dans l’ensemble du Myanmar/de la Birmanie. Dans ses précédentes fonctions en tant que ministre de la défense, le général Mya Tun Oo était en outre responsable des bombardements, des raids aériens et d’autres cas de violence à grande échelle auxquels se sont livrées les forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie en 2022. Il est donc responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme au Myanmar/en Birmanie. En 2018, les Nations unies ainsi que des organisations internationales de la société civile ont fait état de violations flagrantes des droits de l’homme et de graves atteintes au droit international humanitaire commises depuis 2011 par l’armée et la police contre les Rohingyas dans l’État kachin, l’État shan et l’État de Rakhine, et elles sont parvenues à la conclusion que nombre de ces violations constituaient des crimes de la plus haute gravité en droit international. Mya Tun Oo a été le chef adjoint de l’état-major des forces armées du Myanmar/de la Birmanie (Tatmadaw), troisième poste le plus élevé dans la Tatmadaw, d’août 2016 à sa nomination en tant que ministre de la défense. En cette qualité, il a supervisé les opérations militaires menées dans l’État de Rakhine et coordonné les différentes forces armées, notamment terrestres, navales et aériennes, ainsi que le recours à l’artillerie. Il est donc responsable de ces graves atteintes et exactions contre les Rohingyas.

French National Asset Freezing System,

Joined Military 1980. Rapid rise to General 26 August 2016 (Chief of General Staff, Army, Navy and Air Force)

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Joined Military 1980. Rapid rise to General 26 August 2016 (Chief of General Staff, Army, Navy and Air Force)

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets,

Burmese army general, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Myanmar

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions115,275

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons238,571

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,321

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,023

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List31,936

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,954

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,089

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,254

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,218

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,288

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,409

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,093

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories410,530

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,554

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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Wikidata362,158

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-mya0017 · ca-sema-308770d20cd0630fc9ad17697fae78b227c2394c · eu-tb-logical-128200 · ca-sema-2-51-mm-mya-tun-oo · gb-hmt-14058 · ch-seco-44854 · ofac-31131 · ca-sema-burma-2-51 · eu-fsf-eu-6235-31 · NK-d77LkXuFEqKTBYBT2MPVAp · fr-ga-3507 · usgsa-s4mrgyqf6 · NK-fXmeqWtC7rnGPNLyhv2qwU · au-dfat-7321-mya-tun-oo · mc-freezes-9ae8ef0442566bd40c12412053a2fc6f12f19dc7

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