Aung Kyi ( my, အောင်ကြည်; born 1 November 1946) is a Burmese politician and veteran serving as chairman of

Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar The Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar ( my, အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တိုက်ဖျက်ရေး ကော်မရှင်; abbreviated ACC) is a 15-member body responsible for investigating corruption allega ...

. He previously served as the

Minister of Information An information minister (also called minister of information) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with censorship and propaganda. Sometimes the position is given to ...

, Minister of Labor, Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in the

Cabinet of Burma , border = central , image = State seal of Myanmar.svg , image_size = , alt = State seal of Myanmar , image2 = , image_size2 = , alt2 = , caption = State seal of Myanmar , date_established = , date_dissolved = , state = Myanmar ...

. He was appointed as the Minister of Labor on 24 October 2007 by the then ruling

State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...

.State Peace and Development Council Order No 4/2007
New Light of Myanmar published in Thursday, October 25, 2007; retrieved 2007-11-21 In October 2007, he received an additional, concurrent appointment as minister for relations to detained

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanm ...

leader

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...

.Myanmar appoints Suu Kyi 'liaison'
Al Jazeera; retrieved 2007-11-19

Military career

He graduated from the 40th intake of the Officers Training School. He retired from his post as a major general of

Myanmar Armed Forces Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...

In office as minister

After leaving full-time military service, he was named deputy minister for labor in November 2006, and in that capacity has been in charge of relations with the

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

. In February 2007, he brokered a deal with the ILO to establish a new system of reporting of complaints of

forced labor Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...

. He was appointed Minister for Labour in October 2007. Aung Kyi has a reputation for relative accessibility, compared to the predominantly secretive leaders of the junta.Myanmar liaison for Suu Kyi noted moderate
Agence France-Presse/United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; retrieved 2007-11-19. Aung Kyi's appointment as the junta's official liaison to

in October 2007 followed worldwide condemnation of the junta after its violent crackdown on the

2007 Burmese anti-government protests The Saffron Revolution ( my, ရွှေဝါရောင်တော်လှန်ရေး) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September, and October 2007 in Myanmar. The pro ...

. The junta then sought to reopen talks with Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the

.Burma's opposition: No preconditions for talks
Associated Press, ''USA Today''; retrieved 2007-11-19 The creation of the Cabinet-level position of liaison minister, to "smooth relations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi", had been suggested to the

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envoy

Ibrahim Gambari Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, (born 24 November 1944), is a Nigerian academic and diplomat who is currently serving as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria. Early life and education Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was born on 24 November 1944 in Ilo ...

, who had been working on a diplomatic solution to the political crisis in Myanmar. Aung Kyi's appointment as minister of relations was concurrent with his duties as minister of labour.

References

Curriculum vitae
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aung Kyi Living people Government ministers of Myanmar Defence Services Academy alumni Burmese generals Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians Members of Pyithu Hluttaw 1946 births