Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Burmese: ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, Pyi-dàe-yè-wun-gyì-ta-ná; abbreviated MOHA) administers Myanmar's internal affairs. The headquarters of the ministry is located in Naypyidaw. It is one of three ministries that are directly controlled by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

Ministry of Home Affairs
ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Agency overview
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Burma
HeadquartersNaypyidaw
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Child agency
Websitewww.myanmarmoha.org

Objectives

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  • State Security
  • Prevalence of Law and Order
  • Community Peace and Tranquility
  • To Carry out Social Rendering Service[1]

Departments

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Current Departments

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On 28 December 2018, General Administration Department was transferred to the civilian-led Ministry of the Office of the Union Government from the Ministry of Home Affairs. After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, on 5 May 2021, it was reorganized under MOHA, under military leadership.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Objectives". The Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Ministry of Home Affairs.
  2. ^ "Formation Of Ministry". The Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Ministry of Home Affairs.
  3. ^ "အထွေထွေအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးဦးစီးဌာနအား ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ရုံးဝန်ကြီးဌာန လက်အောက်မှ ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန လက်အောက်သို့ ပြောင်းရွှေ့".

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