The Ministry of Cooperatives ( my, သမဝါယမဝန်ကြီးဌာန administers Burma's
agricultural cooperative
An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, is a cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity.
A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperati ...
policies.
The ministry was founded as the Ministry of State Cooperative and Commodity Distribution on 5 April 1951.
It was merged with Ministry of Civil Supply Services on 26 March 1962 to form the Ministry of Civil Supply and Cooperatives, and separated again on 18 June 1965.
The Ministry is currently led by
Dr. Aung Thu, who was appointed by President
U Htin Kyaw under the
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in May 2016.
See also
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Cabinet of Burma
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References
External links
Official website
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Cooperatives
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...
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 ...
Ministries established in 1951
1951 establishments in Burma