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Ye Win Oo

Ye Win Oo
Personal detailsBorn (1966-02-21) 21 February 1966
Burma (now Myanmar)
SpouseNilarChildren2EducationOfficers Training School, BahtooMilitary serviceAllegianceMyanmarBranch/service
Years of service
1989–presentRankGeneralBattles/wars

Ye Win Oo (born 21 February 1966) is a Burmese armed general and military officer who has served as Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services since March 2026. Prior to that, he briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Army, Chief of Military Security Affairs from 2020 to 2026, Secretary of the State Administration Council from 2021 to 2025, and then the State Security and Peace Commission since 2025, and also held other various military posts under the leadership of Min Aung Hlaing between 2016 and 2026.

He concurrently serves as the Joint Chief Executive of the newly established Office of the National Defence and Security Council and served as joint secretary of the State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC). He was appointed as Joint Secretary of the SAC on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.