Office of the Attorney General (Myanmar)

The Office of the Attorney General of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံး; abbreviated OAG) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The Office is led by the Union Attorney General of Myanmar.[1] The incumbent Attorney General is Dr Thida Oo, who was appointed on 2 February 2021 by Min Aung Hlaing. After the caretaker government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021.[2][3][4]

Office of the Union Attorney General
ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံး
Agency overview
Formed1948 (1948)
TypeAgency
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersNaypyidaw, Myanmar
MottoThe Legal Profession is a Noble Profession
Agency executives
  • Dr Thida Oo, Union Attorney General
  • San Lwin, Deputy Union Attorney General
Websitewww.oag.gov.mm

Sanctions

On 31 January 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Attorney General, Dr Thida Oo, added to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.[5] The UK and Canada joined the U.S in the sanctions against Oo, in a "coordinated action against Myanmar military regime, targeting individuals responsible for undermining democracy and rule of law".[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Myo Thant (18 February 2011). "Tin Aye is EC chairman; Tun Shin nominated For Atty-Gen". Mizzima. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၇၆ / ၂၀၂၁".
  3. "Union Attorney-General Office reformed as Legal Affairs Ministry".
  4. "ORDER NO. 176: MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS FORMED".
  5. "Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designation Removal". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "UK announces new sanctions against Myanmar ahead of 1-year anniversary of coup". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. "US, UK, Canada sanction top Myanmar justice officials". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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