Ohn Maung (minister)

His Excellency Ohn Maung
အုန်းမော
Ohn Maung in 2019
Minister for Hotels and Tourism
In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021
President	Htin Kyaw Myint Swe (acting) Win Myint
Preceded by	Htay Aung
Succeeded by	Maung Maung Ohn
Personal details
Born	20 July 1947 (1947-07-20) (age 77) Nyaungshwe, Burma
Citizenship	Myanmar
Spouse	Khin Than Nwe
Children	Yin Myo Su Kyaw Zeya

Ohn Maung (Burmese: အုန်းမောင်; born 20 July 1947) is a Burmese politician and former Minister for Hotels and Tourism of Myanmar.

Early life and education

Ohn Maung was born on 20 July 1947 in Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Burma (now Myanmar) to U Kywe and Mya Han.^[1] He is of Intha and Shan descent.^[1] He attended Taunggyi College until his second year of physics, when he dropped out.

Career

In 1976, he opened the guest house Inlay Inn in Nyangshwe and then established Todi Inlay Travel Company in 1993. In subsequent decades he launched a number of successful hotels, including Inle Princess Resort.

In 1988, he was a leader of an anti-government movement during the 8888 Uprising and joined the NLD the following year as township chair. Then, in the 1990 Myanmar general election, he contested for Nyang Shwe Township and successfully won his seat, but was not allowed to assume his seat. In 1991, the military court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, but he was released in 1992 and turned his attention to the nascent tourism industry. He rejoined the National League for Democracy in 2012 and supported the party's victory in the 2015 election.^[2]

In the 2015 election, Ohn Win was named on the list of ministers submitted by President Htin Kyaw. Following his approval by the Parliament, he took office as Minister of Hotels and Tourism on 30 March 2016.

In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, he was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces. After being temporarily detained, he was released by the military council without any prosecution. After that, the military council also awarded him the title of Thiri Pyanchi, one of the country’s highest honors.^[3]

Personal life

He married Khin Than Nwe, and has two children, Yin Myo Su, a prominent businesswoman, and Kyaw Zeya.^[1]

References

1. "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးများ၏ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်းမျာ". 7Day News Journal (in Burmese). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
2. "Who's who: Myanmar's new cabinet". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017.
3. "နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ သီရိပျံချီ ဦးတင်ဦးလွင် (၇၅)နှစ်မြောက် စိန်ရတုလွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့ အထိမ်းအမှတ် ချီးမြှင့်ခဲ့သည့် ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့များအား ကာယကံရှင်၊ မိသားစုဝင်များထံသို့ လက်ရောက်ပေးအပ်".