Myint Kyaing

Myint Kyaing is the current union minister of Ministry of Immigration and Population of Myanmar. He also served as union minister of Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population.

Myint Kyaing
မြင့်ကြိုင်
Union Minister of Ministry of Immigration and Population
Assumed office
19 August 2022
Prime MinisterMin Aung Hlaing
Preceded byKhin Yi
Union Minister of Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population
In office
1 February 2021 – 1 August 2021
Preceded byThein Swe
Succeeded by
  • Himself (MOL)
  • Khin Yi (MOIP)
Union Minister of Ministry of Labor
In office
1 August 2021 – 19 August 2022
Preceded byHimself (MOLIP)
Succeeded byPwint San
Deputy Minister of Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population
In office
4 February 2020 – 1 February 2021

Career

He was the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP). After his retirement, he was appointed as the deputy minister for MOLIP on 4 February 2020 by Win Myint .[1] Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Myint Kyaing was dismissed on 1 February 2021 by Min Aung Hlaing,[2] and was appointed as union minister of MOLIP on this day. On 1 August 2021, the management committee of the State Administration Council was replaced with the Provisional Government of Myanmar, and the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population was reorganized as Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Immigration and Population. Myint Kyaing became the Minister of Labour. On 19 August 2022, he was moved to Ministry of Immigration and Population.

U.S. sanctions

On 2 July 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Myint Kyaing to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.[3]

References
  1. "နိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံရုံးနှင့် အလုပ်သမား၊ လူဝန်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့အင်အား ဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုဝန်ကြီးများ ခန့်အပ်". Xinhua News Agency.
  2. "ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီး ၂၄ ဦးအား တာဝန်မှရပ်စဲကြောင်း တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး ထုတ်ပြန်".
  3. "The United States Takes Further Actions against the Burmese Military Regime". U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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