Union Attorney General | |
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ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ် | |
Office of the Union Attorney General | |
Nominator | President of Myanmar |
Inaugural holder | Chan Htoon |
Formation | 1948 |
Deputy | Deputy Union Attorney General |
Website | www |
The Union Attorney General (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်) is the Government of Myanmar's chief legal advisor, and also appears on behalf of the Burmese government in civil and criminal cases.[1] The current Attorney General is Thida Oo who is also serves as Union Minister for Legal Affairs.[2][3]
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History
The Office of the Attorney General was established in 1948 under the 1947 Constitution of Myanmar and 1948 Attorney General of the Union Act.[1] From 1974 through 1988, the post was called the Chairman of the Council of People's Attorney.[4] The present law, the 2010 Attorney General of the Union Law was promulgated on 28 October 2010.[1] The Union Attorney General is appointed by the President of Myanmar.[1] The Union Attorney General leads the Office of the Union Attorney General in Naypyidaw.[5] After the Provisional Government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021 and Attorney General also serves as union minister of Legal Affairs.[6][2]
List of attorneys general of Myanmar
No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
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# | Chan Htoon | 4 January 1948 | 30 June 1953 |
# | Chun Phoung (a) U Ohn Khin | 1 July 1953 | 31 October 1953 |
# | Chan Tun Aung | 1 November 1953 | 31 December 1953 |
# | Chan Htoon | 1 January 1954 | 1 October 1954 |
# | Chan Tun Aung | 2 October 1954 | 16 March 1955 |
# | Chun Phoung (a) U Ohn Khin | 17 March 1955 | 28 February 1957 |
# | Ba Han | 1 March 1957 | 28 October 1958 |
# | Ba Sein | 29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960 |
# | Yan Aung | 5 April 1960 | 21 March 1961 |
# | Ba Swe | 1 April 1961 | 7 March 1962 |
# | Ba Sein | 8 March 1962 | 25 September 1971 |
# | Hla Aung | 25 September 1971 | 4 March 1974 |
# | Maung Maung Kyaw Win | 4 March 1974 | 8 November 1981 |
# | Myint Maung | 9 November 1981 | 26 July 1988 |
# | Maung Maung | 27 July 1988 | 19 August 1988 |
# | Thaung Tin | 19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 |
# | Tha Tun | 27 September 1988 | 9 May 2003 |
# | Aye Maung | 22 July 2003 | 30 March 2011 |
# | Tun Shin | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 |
# | Htun Htun Oo | 5 April 2016 | 2 February 2021 |
# | Dr Thida Oo | 2 February 2021 | present |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "About OAG". Union Attorney General’s Office. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ a b "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၇၇ / ၂၀၂၁".
- ^ "Union Attorney-General Office reformed as Legal Affairs Ministry".
- ^ "List of Attorneys General". Union Attorney General’s Office. 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ Myo Thant (18 February 2011). "Tin Aye is EC chairman; Tun Shin nominated For Atty-Gen". Mizzima. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၇၆ / ၂၀၂၁".
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