Maung Ko
Maung Ko is the current chief minister of Mandalay Region. He has served as chairman of Mandalay Region Administration Council, sub-council of State Administration Council, from 2 February 2021 to 1 August 2021. He is also a patron of the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI).[1]
Maung Ko မောင်ကို | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Chief Minister of Mandalay Region | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (chairman of RAC) |
| Chairman of Mandalay Region Administration Council | |
| In office 2 February 2021 – 1 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Zaw Myint Maung (chief minister) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (chief minister) |
Chairman and Chief Minister
He was appointed as the chairman of Mandalay Region Administration Council by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing. On 1 August 2021, the State and Region Administration Councils are dissolved and State and Region Governments are reformed. Maung Ko was appointed as the head of Mandalay Region Government and became the 3rd Chief Minister of Mandalay Region.[2][3]
U.S. sanctions
On 10 December 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Maung Ko to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.[4]
References
- "U Maung Ko, Chairman, Myanmar Federation of Mining Association (CEC): Interview".
- "တိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဝင်များ ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း".
- "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၅၈ / ၂၀၂၁ ၁၃၈၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဝါဆိုလပြည့်ကျော် ၉ ရက် (၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဩဂုတ်လ ၁ ရက်) တိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်များ ခန့်အပ်တာဝန်ပေးခြင်း".
- "Global Magnitsky Designations; North Korea Designations; Burma-related Designations; Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) List Update". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-10.