Yar Pyae is a

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officer and the Minister for the Union Government Office as of 11 May 2021. He was appointed as the National Security Advisor on 22 May 2021.

Early life and education

Yar Pyae graduated from the 22nd intake of the

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, in the same cohort as

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, a general in the Myanmar Army and the current Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar.

Military career

In November 2020, he chaired the Peace Negotiation Committee of Tatmadaw and also headed the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee. In the aftermath of the

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, Yar Pyae has led efforts to dissuade major ethnic armed organisations, including

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and the Shan State Progress Party, from joining the resistance movement and the

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. As the chairman of the National Solidarity and Peace-making Committee (NSPC), he met with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (Peace Council) at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Nay Pyi Taw on 26 April 2021. In August 2021, Sun Guoxiang, China's special envoy for Asian Affairs, met with Yar Pyae (along with military ruler

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and foreign minister

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) and “exchanged views with them on the political landscape in Myanmar”. In September 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was appointed by the junta as

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, replacing

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, who was sacked for corruption. In January 2024, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was removed from his position as National Security Advisor to the chairman of the

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and replaced with Admiral

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. Another cabinet reshuffle on 31 January 2025 would see Yar Pyae swap roles with Minister of Border Affairs Tun Tun Naung, with Yar Pyae becoming Minister of Border Affairs and Tun Tun Naung becoming Minister for Home Affairs.

References

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