Moe Zaw Oo
Moe Zaw Oo | |
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မိုးဇော်ဦး | |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of NUG | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Rangoon, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | National League for Democracy |
| Alma mater | Rangoon University Chulalongkorn University |
| Occupation | Activist Politician |
| Website | mofa |
Moe Zaw Oo (Burmese: မိုးဇော်ဦး, born 1969) is a Burmese politician who has been serving as a deputy foreign minister of National Unity Government of Myanmar since 16 April 2021.
Early life
[edit]Moe Zaw Oo was born on 1969 in Yangon. While he was at Rangoon Arts and Science University, he took part in the 8888 Uprising and joined the National League for Democracy (NLD) in September 1988. He was sentenced in prison for his political involvements in 1990 and released in the year 1999. Moved to Thailand, he received a master's degree in Southeast Asian Studies from Chulalongkorn University.[1]
Political career
[edit]When he returned to Burma in 2012, Moe Zaw Oo served as a deputy Chief of Staff to the office of the NLD Chairperson and then became the Chief of Staff of the office in February, 2016.[2]
In 2017, he completed a post-graduate course in International Strategic Studies from the Royal College of Defence Studies, London. On 1 November 2019, he was appointed as an advisor to the Union Peace Commission.[3][4]
On 16 April 2021, when the NUG was formed, Moe Zaw Oo was named deputy minister of foreign affairs.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "DEPUTY MINISTER – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS".
- ^ Jagan, Larry (February 2016). "Myanmar starts new parliamentary era". Bangkok Post.
- ^ "Military regime raids office of Suu Kyi's charity, detains two executives". Myanmar NOW.
- ^ "ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ကော်မရှင် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း". Myanmar Law Information System.
- ^ "Formation of the National Unity Government of Myanmar - CRPH". crphmyanmar.org. 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Myanmar unity government says it must be part of any Asean bid to end crisis". The Straits Times. 2021-04-18.