Aung Lin Dwe

Former Burmese army general and ex-Secretary of Myanmar's State Administration Council

In this Burmese name, the given name is  Aung Lin Dwe. There is no family name.

His Excellency
General
Sithu
Zayya Kyawhtin

Aung Lin Dwe

အောင်လင်းဒွေး

Secretary of the State Administration Council

Incumbent

Assumed office
2 February 2021
Leader| Min Aung Hlaing
Personal details
Born| 31 May 1962 (1962-05-31) (age 62)
Burma
(now Myanmar)
Citizenship| Burmese
Spouse| Ohn Mar Myint
Children| Multiple, including:
Hlaing Bwar Aung
Phyo Arkar Aung
Shwe Ye Phu Aung
Alma mater| Defense Services Academy
Military service
Allegiance|  Myanmar
Branch/service|  Myanmar Army
Years of service| 1982–present
Rank|  General

Aung Lin Dwe (Burmese: အောင်လင်းဒွေး; pronounced [ɔːŋ lɪn dwɛɪ]; born 31 May 1962) is a Burmese army general who is the secretary of Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC).[1][2][3][4][5] He was appointed on 2 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[6][7][8][9][10] He was also the Judge Advocate General of the Tatmadaw and the secretary to the Peace Negotiation Committee.[11][12][13][14]

## Early life and education

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Aung Lin Dwe was born on 31 May 1962.[15][16][17] He graduated from the Defense Services Academy in 1984 as part of the 25th intake.[18][19][20][21]

## Military career

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From 2015 to 2016, he was the commander of the Western Command, which encompasses Rakhine and Chin States.[18][22] He was forced to retire from military service in January 2022, but retained a seat in the State Administration Council (SAC).[23][24][25][26]

## Sanctions

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Aung Lin Dwe since 11 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, in response to the Myanmar's military coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Burma. The US sanctions include freezing of assets in the US and ban on transactions with US person.[27]

The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on him since 18 February 2021, pursuant to Special Economic Measures Act and Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations, in response to the gravity of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Canadian sanctions include freezing of assets in Canada and a ban on transactions with Canadian persons.[28]

HM Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on him since 25 February 2021, for his responsibility for serious human rights violations in Burma. The UK sanctions include freezing of assets in the UK and ban on traveling to or transiting through the UK.[29]

The Council of the European Union has imposed sanctions on him since 22 March 2021, pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/479 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/480 which amended Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013, for his responsibility for the military coup and the subsequent military and police repression against peaceful demonstrators. The EU sanctions include freezing of assets in member countries of the EU and ban on traveling or transiting to the countries.[30]

## Personal life

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Aung Lin Dwe is married to Ohn Mar Myint (b. 1967), and has two sons, Hlaing Bwar Aung (b. 1993) and Phyo Arkar Aung (b. 1995), and one daughter, Shwe Ye Phu Aung (b. 1990).[31] His children own Aung Myint Moh Lin and Mingalar Aung Myay construction companies and the Shwe Yee Phyo Pyae production company, all of which have won significant government tenders since the 2021 military coup.[32] Aung Lin Dwe's niece, Su Myat Nandar Aung (also known as Su Lin Shein) is a MRTV-4 actress.[33]

## See also

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* State Administration Council
* Tatmadaw

## References

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2. ^ "Lieutenant General Dwe Aung Lin is member of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and he is the Secretary of the State Administration Council (SAC). On 1 Feb 2021, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar by setting aside the results of the elections held on 8 Nov 2020 and by overthrowing the democratically elected government". OpenSanctions. 20 April 2023.
3. ^ "Myanmar Military Chief's Henchman Rewarded for his Loyalty". The Irrawaddy. 4 July 2022.
4. ^ "Pronunciation of Aung Lin Dwe in English". YouGlish.
5. ^ Solomon Elusoji (25 February 2021). "UK Sanctions Myanmar Army Chief For Coup Role, The other five sanctioned — the secretary of the SAC, Lt Gen Aung Lin Dwe, joint secretary Lt Gen Ye Win Oo, General Tin Aung San, General Maung Maung Kyaw, and Lt Gen Moe Myint Tun — shared responsibility, it added". Channels Television.
6. ^ "Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
\- "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး အမိန့်အမှတ်(၉/၂၀၂၁) ၁၃၈၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြာသိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၆ ရက် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၂ ရက်". Tatmadaw Information Team (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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\- "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. 25 February 2021. p. 1\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
\- "တပ် ထိပ်ပိုင်းခေါင်းဆောင်အချို့ ရာထူးတိုးခြင်း၊ ပြောင်းလဲခန့်အပ်ခြင်းများ ပြုလုပ်". 7Day News. 26 August 2016.[dead link]
12. ^ "'Trail of bodies': defector says military's top judge came to Rakhine to destroy evidence of Rohingya atrocities. Aung Lin Dwe, who at the time was the Tatmadaw's Judge Advocate General, arrived in the village of Mawrawaddy near Maungdaw after the attacks against the minority group began in August 2017, according to Captain Nay Myo Thet". Myanmar Now. 15 April 2022.
13. ^ Aung Naing (4 September 2022). "As country burns, it's back to business as usual for Myanmar's military elite". Myanmar Now.
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\- "Issuance of Executive Order "Blocking Property With Respect To The Situation In Burma;" Burma-related Designations and Designations Updates". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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22. ^ Htet Myet Min Tun (26 January 2022). "Myanmar's State Administration Council: A Shell Entity". Fulcrum.
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28. ^ "Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17)". Justice Laws. 4 June 1992. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
\- "Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations: SOR/2021-18". The Government of Canada. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
29. ^ "UK sanctions further Myanmar military figures for role in coup: 25 February 2021" (Press release). Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
30. ^ "Myanmar/Burma: EU sanctions 11 people over the recent military coup and ensuing repression" (Press release). The Council of the European Union. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
\- "COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2021/479 of 22 March 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 401/201". Official Journal of the European Union. 64: 15–24. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
31. ^ "Myanmar military SAC members, their businesses and associates that require targeted sanctions". Justice For Myanmar. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
\- "Burma-related Designations; Iran-related Designations Removals; Non-proliferation Designations Removals" (Press release). U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
32. ^ Aung Naing (4 September 2022). "As country burns, it's back to business as usual for Myanmar's military elite". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
33. ^ "Notorious Crony Organizing Myanmar Junta Propaganda Campaigns". The Irrawaddy. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.