Min Aung Hlaing

**Min Aung Hlaing** (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general. He became the acting President of Myanmar in 2024. He was the 13th Prime Minister of Myanmar from 2021 until 2025. He appointed himself as the Chairman of the State Administration Council since 2 February 2021. He has been accused of corruption many times during his military career.

In February 2021, he removed the elected government led by  leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a coup d'état on 1 February 2021.

He was Joint Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defence from 2010 to 2011. He is also a member of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) chaired by the president of Myanmar. He was promoted to four-star General in 2011 and five-star General in 2013.

## 2020 election

In November 2020, Min Aung Hlaing questioned if the results of the 2020 election were reliable. On 5 November, his military rank was promoted to be equal to that of Vice President of Myanmar. After voting in the 2020 election, Min Aung Hlaing said he would accept the election results. He lost the election and called the election a fraud.

On 27 January 2021, Min Aung Hlaing said he was thinking about a coup d'état and remove the Constitution, if allegations of voter fraud during last year’s election were not investigated. These comments sparked concern about another potential coup in the country. The next day, the Union Election Commission said there was no claims to voter fraud. On 29 January, the military said they would protest the election results.

## 2021 military coup and national's ruler

On 1 February, Min Aung Hlaing led the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, one day before the democratically-elected members of parliament were scheduled to be sworn in as members of the Assembly of the Union. The following day, he created the State Administration Council as the country's interim ruling body. He also removed Aung San Suu Kyi from power and made himself State Leader of Myanmar.

Six months after the coup, on 1 August 2021, Min Aung Hlaing replaced SAC with a caretaker government and established himself as the country's prime minister.
However, he has not been recognized by the international community as legal leader of the country.

On November 27, 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed a request for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing for alleged crimes against humanity.

## Personal life

Min Aung Hlaing is married to Kyu Kyu Hla, a retired lecturer. He has 3 children, including son Aung Pyae Sone and daughter Khin Thiri Thet Mon.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: Excellency, His Excellency
Senior general (Myanmar), Senior General
 Order of the Union of Burma, Maha Thray Sithu
 Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha, Thiri Thudhamma
- **name**: Min Aung Hlaing
- **native name lang**: my
- **image**: Min Aung Hlaing at the Kremlin on March 4, 2025 (cropped)(b).jpg
- **caption**: Min Aung Hlaing in 2025
- **office**: Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission
- **term start**: 31 July 2025
- **deputy**: Soe Win (general), Soe Win
- **predecessor**: _Office established_; _Himself_
(as Chairman of the State Administration Council)
- **order1**: Acting
- **office1**: President of Myanmar
- **vicepresident1**: Myint Swe (until 2025)
_Vacant_ (since 2025)
- **primeminister1**: _Himself_
 Nyo Saw
- **term start1**: 22 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: Myint Swe (acting)
- **order2**: 12th
- **office2**: Prime Minister of Myanmar
- **president2**: Myint Swe (acting)
 _Himself_ (acting)
- **term start2**: 1 August 2021
- **term end2**: 31 July 2025
- **predecessor2**: _Office re-established_; Thein Sein (2011)
- **successor2**: Nyo Saw
- **office3**: Chairman of the State Administration Council
- **deputy3**: Soe Win
- **term start3**: 2 February 2021
- **term end3**: 31 July 2025
- **predecessor3**: _Office established_;
Aung San Suu Kyi
(as State Counsellor of Myanmar, State Counsellor)
- **successor3**: _Office abolished_;
_Himself_
(as Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission)
- **office4**: Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
- **2blankname4**: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Deputy
- **2namedata4**: Soe Win
- **term start4**: 30 March 2011
- **predecessor4**: Than Shwe
- **office5**: Joint Chief of Staff of the Tatmadaw, Armed Forces
- **1blankname5**: Commander-in-Chief
- **1namedata5**: Than Shwe
- **term start5**: June 2010
- **term end5**: 30 March 2011
- **predecessor5**: Shwe Mann
- **successor5**: Hla Htay Win
- **birth place**: Minbu, Magway Region, Post-independence Burma, 1948–1962, Burma (now Myanmar)
- **spouse**: Kyu Kyu Hla
- **children**: Multiple, including:
Aung Pyae Sone
 Khin Thiri Thet Mon
- **serviceyears**: 1974–present
- **rank**:  Senior general (Myanmar), Senior General
- **battles**: Internal conflict in Myanmar
*Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
*Rohingya conflict
*Communist insurgency in Burma
*Battle of Kawmoora
- **education**: Yangon University, Rangoon Arts and Sciences University (Bachelor of Laws, LLB)
 Defence Services Academy