Ye Aung ( my, ရဲအောင်; born 8 June 1960) is a Burmese military officer who served as Minister for Border Affairs of

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 ...

from 2018 to 2021 and sits on the National Defence and Security Council.

Early life and education

Ye Aung was born on 8 June 1960 in Chauk, Magwe Division, Burma (now Myanmar) to Ba Saw and Khin Kyi.

Career

Ye Aung graduated from the 23rd 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 ...

with a Bachelor's and master's degree in defence. He previously served as a military judicial advocate, and holds the rank of Lieutenant General

Personal life

He married Khaing May Kyu, and has two sons, Thu Sit Aung and Thu Yan Nyein.

References

Living people Government ministers of Myanmar 1960 births People from Magway Division Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List {{Burma-politician-stub