Yar Pyae | |
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ရာပြည့် | |
Minister for Home Affairs | |
In office 25 September 2023 –7 January 2024 | |
Deputy | Ni Lin Aung |
Preceded by | Soe Htut |
Succeeded by | Moe Aung |
Minister of Union Government Office | |
Assumed office 11 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Lieutenant General Soe Htut |
National Security Advisor to the State Administration Council | |
In office 22 May 2021 –7 January 2024 | |
Succeeded by | Moe Aung |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Tatmadaw |
Rank | Lieutenant 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]
Yar Pyae graduated from the 22nd intake of the Defence Services Academy,in the same cohort as Soe Win. [2]
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 2021 Myanmar coup d'état,Yar Pyae has led efforts to dissuade major ethnic armed organisations,including United Wa State Army and 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 chairman of the State Administration Council and replaced with Admiral Moe Aung. [9]
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