Aung Kyi (; born 1 November 1946) is a Burmese politician and veteran who served as chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar. He previously served as the

Minister of Information An information minister (also called minister of information) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with censorship and propaganda. Sometimes the position is given t ...

, Minister of Labor, Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in the

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. He was appointed as the Minister of Labor on 24 October 2007 by the then ruling

State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the official name of the Military dictatorship, military government of Burma (Myanmar) which, in 1997, succeeded the State Law and Order Restoration Council (; abbrevi ...

.State Peace and Development Council Order No 4/2007
New Light of Myanmar published in Thursday, October 25, 2007; retrieved 2007-11-21 In October 2007, he received an additional concurrent appointment as minister for relations to detained

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy (, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victo ...

leader

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar), Ministe ...

.Myanmar appoints Suu Kyi 'liaison'
Al Jazeera; retrieved 2007-11-19

Military career

He graduated from the 40th intake of the

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. He retired from his post as a major general of

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In office as minister

After leaving full-time military service, he was named deputy minister for labor in November 2006, and in that capacity has been in charge of relations with the

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. In February 2007, he brokered a deal with the ILO to establish a new system of reporting of complaints of

forced labor Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of ...

. He was appointed Minister for Labour in October 2007. Aung Kyi has a reputation for relative accessibility, compared to the predominantly secretive leaders of the junta.Myanmar liaison for Suu Kyi noted moderate
Agence France-Presse/United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; retrieved 2007-11-19. Aung Kyi's appointment as the junta's official liaison to

in October 2007 followed worldwide condemnation of the junta after its violent crackdown on the

2007 Burmese anti-government protests The Saffron Revolution (; ) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September, and October 2007 in Myanmar. The protests were triggered by the decision of the national military govern ...

. The junta then sought to reopen talks with Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the

.Burma's opposition: No preconditions for talks
Associated Press, ''USA Today''; retrieved 2007-11-19 The creation of the Cabinet-level position of liaison minister, to "smooth relations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi", had been suggested to the

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envoy

Ibrahim Gambari Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, (; born November 24, 1944), is a Nigerian academic and diplomat who served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nat ...

, who had been working on a diplomatic solution to the political crisis in Myanmar. Aung Kyi's appointment as minister of relations was concurrent with his duties as minister of labour.

References

Curriculum vitae
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aung Kyi Living people Government ministers of Myanmar Officers Training School, Bahtoo alumni Burmese generals Union Solidarity and Development Party politicians Members of Pyithu Hluttaw 1946 births