Tin Oo ( my, တင်ဦး) is a former Burmese military officer and currently serves as the Union
Auditor General of Myanmar.
Early life and education
Tin Oo was born in
Letpadan Township
Letpatan Township ( my, လက်ပတန်းမြို့နယ်) is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma. , Pegu, Burma (now Bago Region, Myanmar) on 24 November 1952. He graduated from the 28th batch 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 ...
.
Military career
In the aftermath of 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 ...
, the
military junta appointed Tin Oo as the chairman of the
Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar, a post he held from 20 February 2021 to 19 August 2022. In January 2022, the American, Canadian, and British governments sanctioned Tin Oo for his role in bringing politically motivated corruption charges against members of Myanmar's deposed civilian-led government, including
Aung San Suu Kyi.
On 19 August 2022, he was appointed as Union Auditor General by the military junta, succeeding
Kan Zaw.
See also
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2021 Myanmar coup d'etat
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State Administration Council
The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Com ...
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Tatmadaw
References
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Living people
Burmese soldiers
Defence Services Academy alumni
People from Bago Region
1952 births