The Federal Union Army ( my, ဖက်ဒရယ် ပြည်ထောင်စု တပ်မတော်) is a

military coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma) composed of fighters from various insurgent groups which are members of the

United Nationalities Federal Council The United Nationalities Federal Council ( my, ညီညွတ်သောတိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများဖက်ဒရယ်ကောင်စီ; abbreviated UNFC) is a coalition of five opposition gro ...

(UNFC). It was established by the UNFC to protect areas with ethnic minorities.

Membership

The UNFC, the parent organisation of the FUA, currently has five members. Fighters in the FUA come from some of, but not all of, the member parties.

Ceasefire members

Chin National Front The Chin National Front ( my, ချင်းအမျိုးသားတပ်ဦး; CNF) is a Chin nationalist political organization in Myanmar. According to its website, its armed wing, the Chin National Army (CNA), fights the government of ...

(suspended in November 2015) *

Karen National Union The Karen National Union ( my, ကရင် အမျိုးသား အစည်းအရုံး; abbreviated KNU) is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), that claims to represent the Ka ...

(resigned in September 2014) *

Karenni Army The Karenni Army ( my, ကရင်နီ တပ်မတော်; abbreviated KA, KnA or KiA) is the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and operates in eastern Kayah State (also known as Karenni State), Myanmar (Burma ...

* Lahu Democratic Union *

New Mon State Party The New Mon State Party (NMSP) ( mnw, ဗော်ဍုၚ်မန်တၟိ; my, မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ ) is an opposition party in Myanmar. Its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), has fought the gove ...

* Pa-O National Organization (suspended in November 2015) * Shan State Army - North

Non-ceasefire members

Arakan Army The Arakan Army ( my, ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်, Rakhaing Tattaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United Lea ...

Kachin Independence Army The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: ''ShangLawt Hpyen''; my, ကချင်လွတ်လပ်ရေးတပ်မတော်) is a non-state armed group and the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), a pol ...

(resigned in May 2017) *

Kuki National Army The Kuki National Army (KNA) is a Kuki insurgent group active in Northeast India and northwest Myanmar. It is the armed wing of the Kuki National Organisation. History The Kuki National Army (KNA) was founded on 24 February 1988 with the go ...

Ta'ang National Liberation Army The Ta'ang National Liberation Army ( my, တအောင်း အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော်; abbreviated TNLA) in Myanmar (Burma), is the armed wing of the Palaung State Liberati ...

(resigned in 2016) * Wa National Organisation (resigned in May 2017) *

Zomi Revolutionary Army The Zomi Revolutionary Army ( my, ဇိုမီး တော်လှန်ရေး တပ်မတော်; abbreviated ZRA) is an armed Zomi nationalist insurgent group formed in 1997, following an increase in ethnic tensions between the ...

References

{{Insurgent groups in Myanmar Paramilitary organisations based in Myanmar Rebel groups in Myanmar