Admiral Moe Aung ( my, မိုးအောင်) is a Burmese military officer. After the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

, Moe Aung was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the

Myanmar Navy The Myanmar Navy ( my, တပ်မတော် (ရေ); ) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Myanmar. With 24,000 personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 150 vessels. Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in c ...

, succeeding

Tin Aung San Admiral Tin Aung San ( my, တင်အောင်စန်း, born 16 October 1960) is a Burmese military officer who is currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar , member of State Administration Council and the Minister of Trans ...

, who became a member of the

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

, the military junta.

Military career

Moe Aung graduated from the 28th intake of the

Defence Services Academy The Defence Services Academy ( my, စစ်‌တက္ကသိုလ်, ) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence ...

. On 20 February 2023, the European Union imposed sanctions on Moe Aung for

human rights violations Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hum ...

and undermining democracy and

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in the country.

Personal life

Moe Aung is married to Aye Khine Nyunt. His father Aung Thaung was a high-ranking Burmese military officer. The Aung Thaung family has significant business interests in the country, including

United Amara Bank UAB (formerly known as United Amara Bank) is a private commercial bank in Myanmar. History UAB was one of 4 private banks to commence operations in August 2010, the first new financial institutions in the country since the establishment of I ...

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Military career

Personal life

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