Maung Ko is the current

chief minister of Mandalay Region The Chief Minister of the Mandalay Region is the Head of the Mandalay Region Government, which is a sub-cabinet of the Government of Myanmar and the regional government of Mandalay Region The current Chief Minister is Maung Ko appointed by Min Au ...

. He has served as chairman of

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region t ...

Administration Council, sub-council of

State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...

, from 2 February 2021 to 1 August 2021. He is also a patron of the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI).

Chairman and Chief Minister

He was appointed as the chairman of Mandalay Region Administration Council by SAC Chairman

Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing ( my, မင်းအောင်လှိုင် abbreviated: MAL ; born 3 July 1956) also known as Alaungsithu is a Burmese politician and army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Coun ...

. On 1 August 2021, the State and Region Administration Councils are dissolved and State and Region Governments are reformed. Maung Ko was appointed as the head of

Mandalay Region Government Mandalay Region Government is the cabinet of Mandalay Region. The cabinet is led by chief minister, Maung Ko Cabinet (2021 - current) Cabinet (2016–2021) Cabinet(2011-2016) The former Development Affairs minister is Phone Zaw Han w ...

and became the 3rd

Chief Minister of Mandalay Region The Chief Minister of the Mandalay Region is the Head of the Mandalay Region Government, which is a sub-cabinet of the Government of Myanmar and the regional government of Mandalay Region The current Chief Minister is Maung Ko appointed by Min Au ...

U.S. sanctions

On 10 December 2021, the

U.S. Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and t ...

added Maung Ko to its

Specially Designated Nationals The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, a ...

(SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.

References

{{reflist Region or state chief ministers of Myanmar Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List Recipients of the Wunna Kyawhtin