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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing reshuffles cabinet amid northern Shan State losses

The coup leader replaces his national security advisor and appoints three new ministers to his own office

Myanmar’s military council replaced its national security advisor Lt-Gen Yar Pyae with the commander of its navy on Monday, junta-controlled media reported. 

While regime loyalist Yar Pyae retained his position as home affairs minister, Adm Moe Aung will be replaced as navy head in order to take on his new role. He was one of three men appointed as ministers for the “Office of the Chairman of the State Administration Council,” or the office of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. 

Two ministers for the junta’s Union Government Office, Aung Naing Oo and Ko Ko Hlaing, were also re-assigned as ministers to the coup leader’s office on Monday. 

Former military officer Aung Naing Oo also previously served as the junta’s commerce minister, as well as director-general of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, under the governments of ex-general. . .

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