Zaw Min Tun
Zaw Min Tun | |
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ဇော်မင်းထွန်း | |
.jpg) Zaw Min Tun at a Tatmadaw True News Information Team press conference in January 2019 | |
| Deputy Minister of Information of Myanmar | |
| In office 7 February 2021 – 27 March 2026 | |
| Appointed by | National Defence and Security Council |
| President | Min Aung Hlaing (acting) Myint Swe |
| Prime Minister | Nyo Saw Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Aung Hla Tun |
| Head of the Press Team of the State Administration Council | |
| In office 5 February 2021 – 31 July 2025[2] | |
| Leader | Senior General Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chief of the Tatmadaw True News Information Team | |
| In office 5 February 2021 – 27 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Major General Soe Naing Oo |
| Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare of the Myanmar Army | |
| In office February 2021 – 27 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Major General Tun Tun Nyi |
| Succeeded by | Brigadier General Ye Yint Aung[3] |
| Information Team Leader of the National Defence and Security Council | |
| In office 3 September 2025 – 27 March 2026 | |
| Leader | Senior General Min Aung Hlaing |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yenanchaung, Magway Region, Myanmar (Burma) |
| Citizenship | Myanmar |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Spouse(s) | Thin Thin Aung |
| Children | Thar Htet Htun |
| Alma mater | Defence Services Academy (37th intake) |
| Occupation | Army general, senior spokesperson, government minister |
| Awards | Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha (Sithu)[4] |
| Website | Ministry of Information (Myanmar) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | _of_Myanmar.svg.png){kind=small} Tatmadaw |
| Branch/service |  Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1990–present |
| Rank |  Major General |
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Zaw Min Tun (Burmese: ဇော်မင်းထွန်း; born in Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar) is a Burmese army general and government official. He has served as a spokesperson for the Myanmar Army and government communications.
He served as Deputy Minister of Information of Myanmar from 7 February 2021 and as Information Team Leader of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) from 3 September 2025. He also held several military communication roles, including Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare of the Myanmar Army, Head of the Press Team of the State Administration Council, and Chief of the Tatmadaw True News Information Team.
Early life and education
Zaw Min Tun was born in Yenanchaung, Magway Region, Myanmar. He studied at the Defence Services Academy (DSA) and graduated in the 37th intake. He studied military training and communication.[5]
Military career
After graduation, Zaw Min Tun joined the Myanmar Army and served in different positions.
In 2018, he became Chief of the Tatmadaw True News Information Team, the army’s official media unit.[6]
After the 2021 military takeover, he was appointed as Head of the Press Team of the State Administration Council on 5 February 2021. On 7 February 2021, he became Deputy Minister of Information of Myanmar.[7] He later served as Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare of the Myanmar Army, where he was responsible for military communication.
On 3 September 2025, he became Information Team Leader of the National Defence and Security Council.[8]
Removal from office
On 27 March 2026, Zaw Min Tun was removed from all official positions following a military investigation. He was replaced in his military communication role by Brigadier General Ye Yint Aung.[9]
Awards
On 4 January 2026, he received the Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha (Sithu), one of Myanmar’s highest awards.[10]
Personal life and family
Zaw Min Tun is married to Thin Thin Aung. The couple has one child, Thar Htet Htun also known as Yamone Myint Myat.
References
- ↑ "နေတိုး၊ ဖွေးဖွေးနှင့် ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်အပါအဝင် ရုပ်ရှင်သရုပ်ဆောင်များကို စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်က ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့ပေး". Mizzima Burmese. 3 December 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ "The Department of Homeland Security Is Undermining the US Government's Longstanding Policy on Myanmar". EarthRights International. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ဇော်မင်းထွန်းကို တာဝန်က အနားပေး".
- ↑ "နေတိုး၊ ဖွေးဖွေးနှင့် ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်အပါအဝင် ရုပ်ရှင်သရုပ်ဆောင်များကို စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်က ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့ပေး". Mizzima Burmese. 3 December 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Agency, Yangon Khit Thit News (28 March 2026). "စစ်တပ် နှင့် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်၏ ပြန်ကြားရေး ဇော်မင်းထွန်း ပြည်သူ့ဆက်ဆံရေးနှင့် စိတ်ဓာတ်စစ်ဆင်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ ၏ ညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရာထူးမှ အနားပေးခံရပြီး ပြန်ကြားရေးဒုဝန်ကြီးအဖြစ် ဆက်ရှိသော်လည်း ရုံးနှင့်အခမ်းအနားများတွင် မတွေ့ရဟုဆို". Khit Thit Media.
- ↑ "Zaw Min". OpenSanctions.org. 16 July 1949.
- ↑ "Union Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Information.
- ↑ "Information Team Leader". Ministry of Information.
- ↑ "General Zaw Min Tun relieved of duty". DVB.
- ↑ "နေတိုး၊ ဖွေးဖွေးနှင့် ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်အပါအဝင် ရုပ်ရှင်သရုပ်ဆောင်များကို စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်က ဂုဏ်ထူးဆောင်ဘွဲ့ပေး". Mizzima News. 4 January 2026.