Yar Pyae

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Yar Pyae
ရာပြည့်
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
25 September 2023 – 7 January 2024
DeputyNi Lin Aung
Preceded bySoe Htut
Succeeded byMoe Aung
Minister of Union Government Office
Assumed office
11 May 2021
Preceded byLieutenant General Soe Htut
National Security Advisor to the State Administration Council
In office
22 May 2021 – 7 January 2024
Succeeded byMoe Aung
Personal details
Alma materDefence Services Academy
Military service
Branch/serviceTatmadaw
RankLieutenant General

Yar Pyae is a Burmese military officer and the Minister for the Union Government Office as of 11 May 2021. He was appointed as the National Security Advisor on 22 May 2021.[1]

Early life and education

Yar Pyae graduated from the 22nd intake of the Defence Services Academy, in the same cohort as Soe Win.[2]

Military career

In November 2020, he chaired the Peace Negotiation Committee of Tatmadaw and also headed the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.[3][4]

In the aftermath of the

Shan State Progress Party, from joining the resistance movement and the National Unity Government.[5] As the chairman of the National Solidarity and Peace-making Committee (NSPC), he met with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (Peace Council) at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Nay Pyi Taw on 26 April 2021.[6]

In August 2021, Sun Guoxiang, China's special envoy for Asian Affairs, met with Yar Pyae (along with military ruler Min Aung Hlaing and foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin) and “exchanged views with them on the political landscape in Myanmar”.[7]

In September 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was appointed by the junta as minister for home affairs, replacing Soe Htut, who was sacked for corruption.[8]

In January 2024, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was removed from his position as National Security Advisor to the chariman of the State Administration Council and replaced with Admiral Moe Aung.[9]

References

  1. ^ "စစ်ကောင်စီ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ၏ လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ အကြံပေး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် ဖြစ်လာ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 24 June 2021.
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  3. ^ "ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ရုံး ဝန်ကြီး ဖြစ်လာ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese).
  4. ^ "Myanmar Military Sets up New Committee for Peace Talks". The Irrawaddy. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  5. ^ "Myanmar's Coup Shakes Up Its Ethnic Conflicts". Crisis Group. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  6. ^ "NSPC holds talks with DKBA, KNU/KNLA (PC)". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  7. ^ "China envoy visits Myanmar as new route to Indian Ocean opened".
  8. ^ "Analysis | Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption". The Irrawaddy. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  9. ^ "Myanmar Navy Chief Transferred to National Security Advisor". The Irrawaddy. 9 January 2024.
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