Ko Ko Hlaing
| Ko Ko Hlaing | |
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| ကိုကိုလှိုင် | |
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| Chief Political Advisor of the President's Office of Myanmar | |
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Assumed office 19 April 2011 Serving with Ye Tint and Nay Zin Latt | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Vice President of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1956 (age 60) Myinmu, Mandalay Division, Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy |
| Occupation | Researcher and writer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Service/branch | Myanmar Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
Ko Ko Hlaing (Burmese: ကိုကိုလှိုင်, born 1956 in Myinmu[1][2]) is a Burmese military researcher and writer, currently serving under Thein Sein as the chief political advisor to the President's Office of Myanmar, after being appointed on 19 April 2011.[3]
In 1976, he graduated from the Defence Services Academy.[2] The following year, he joined the Myanmar Army, as a gazetted officer.[2][4] From 1991 to 2004, he served as the War Office's First Class Chief Researcher.[2] In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Advisor of the Ministry of Information's Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, the country's chief censorship agency.[2]
References
- ↑ "သမ္မတ အကြံပေးအဖွဲ့ ပညာရှင်နှင့် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ကိုးဦးဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ကိုကိုလှိုင် ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဥ်း". Free Burma (in Burmese). Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ "Advisory Board". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ Allchin, Joseph (28 April 2011). "Presidential ‘advisors’ raise eyebrows". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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