List of ambassadors of Myanmar to the United States

Ambassador of Myanmar to the United States
Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C.
Inaugural holderSo Nyun
FormationDecember 10, 1947

The Myanmar Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Government in Naypyidaw to the Government of the United States.

List of representatives

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Diplomatic agreement/designated Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of presidents of Myanmar List of presidents of the United States Term end
November 21, 1947 Embassy opened Hubert Rance Harry S. Truman
November 21, 1947 December 10, 1947 So Nyun (*1897) Oxford – educated Barrister-at-law, Mayor of Rangoon, U So Nyun said that he did not think the Chinese population in Burma would sympathize with the Chinese Communists, because they were mostly businessmen and independent craftsmen. Hubert Rance Harry S. Truman
September 27, 1950 October 11, 1950 James Barrington (Burmese diplomat) Sao Shwe Thaik Harry S. Truman
November 30, 1955 December 5, 1955 Win (Burmese diplomat) (* 15 Feb. 1905) B.A., B. Ed., B. L.; Burmese politician and lawyer;

married to Daw Mya Mya Win; s. Khin Maung Win, Tin Maung Win, Bo Bo Win, dau, Tin Tin Win *until 1942 educationist.

  • formerly President, Trade Union Congress of Burma;
  • Minister for Home Affairs, Religions Affairs and Defence; member (Soc.), Chamber of Deputies.
  • October 9, 1958 co-accredited as Myanmar Ambassador to Canada.[1]
 Ba U Dwight D. Eisenhower
August 21, 1959 August 21, 1959 Ohn Sein Win Maung Dwight D. Eisenhower
February 21, 1966 February 25, 1966 Tun Win
  • Till January 1966 editor of the organ of the AFPFL, Mandaing daily newspaper.
  • was Minister for Information in U Nu's government[3]
 Ne Win Lyndon B. Johnson
June 18, 1969 June 27, 1968 Hla Maung (* September 20, 1911 at Meiktila).
  • (ICS 1935; assistant warden, Chauk; during the war served as secretary to the government),[4]
 Ne Win Richard Nixon
January 15, 1970 February 20, 1970 San Maung *From 1981 to 1984 he was Myanmar Ambassador to Serbia. Ne Win Richard Nixon
May 5, 1972 Win (Burmese diplomat) Chargé d'affaires Ne Win Richard Nixon
June 28, 1972 July 21, 1972 Lwin (*10 Dec. 1912) Burmese diplomatist and politician.
  • married, two sons. two daughters.
  • fmr. officer, Burma army; Mil. Adviser, Burma Del. to UN Gen. Assembly 1953;
  • From 1966 to 1971 he was Myanmar Ambassador to Germany, also to Netherlands 1969-71.
  • From 1971 to 1972 he was Myanmar Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations
  • From 1972 to 1975 he was Minister for Planning and Finance.
  • From 1975 to 1977 he was Minister for Information.
  • From 1974 to 1977 he was Deputy Prime Minister.
  • In 1977 he was withdrawn from Cen. Cttee. of Burma Socialist Programme Party.

Gen. Sec. Nat. League for Democracy (NLD).[5]

Ne Win Richard Nixon
August 7, 1975 September 3, 1975 Tin Lat 1971 first secretary of the Burmese Embassy in Peking Ne Win Gerald Ford
July 12, 1978 August 2, 1978 Hla Shwe Ne Win Jimmy Carter
September 26, 1980 November 24, 1980 Kyaw Khaing 1975 he was Deputy Minister for Labour U Kyaw Khaing Ne Win Jimmy Carter
September 24, 1982 November 22, 1982 Kyee Myint San Yu Ronald Reagan
August 31, 1984 November 26, 1984 Maung Maung Gyi (Burmese diplomat) ( * September 20, 1920 in Henzada, Burma, July 2, 1988 in Lewiston, Maine)
  • will be remembered in many ways: as the author of Burmese Political Values.
  • In 1971 he was First Secretary in London.
  • November 26, 1984 co-accredited as Myanmar Ambassador to Canada.
  • U Maung Maung Gyi (1855–1933), the last court harpist, was given the title Deiwa-Einda (“Heavenly Musician”)[citation needed]
 San Yu Ronald Reagan
July 31, 1986 September 15, 1986 Myo Aung San Yu Ronald Reagan
July 19, 1991 August 6, 1991 Thaung Daw Thaung Saw Maung George H. W. Bush
August 28, 1996 October 9, 1996 Tin Winn Minister of the prime ministers office of detention of General Khin Nyunt sent to retirement on 24 October 2004.[6] Than Shwe Bill Clinton
May 30, 2001 June 20, 2001 Linn Myaing
  • graduated from the Defense Services Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree.
  • In 1993 he was transferred from the Navy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • He was, Myanmese Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditations to Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands.
  • Headed the Myanmar Delegation to the European Union in Brussels and Permanent Delegate of Myanmar to UNESCO in Paris.
  • He serves as a Director of Serge Pun & Associates (Myanmar) Limited.
  • He held positions in the Foreign Service include Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the UN Office in Geneva.
  • Deputy Director of the Americas Division, Political Department.
  • During his diplomatic career, he attended many UN related fora, including UN General Assembly Sessions in New York.
  • In 2000 headed the Myanmar Delegation to the Sixth Meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences of the Parties held in the Hague, Netherlands.
  • serves as the Chief Operating Officer of First Myanmar Investment Co., Ltd.

Mr. Myaing serves as Managing Director of Myanmar Agri - Tech Carbon Capital Ltd. since 2006 served as an Advisor of Serge Pun & Associates (Myanmar) Limited (also known as SPA (Myanmar) Ltd.) and the Group Public Relations and Protocol Department.

  • since November 2011 he headed the Corporate Secretariat Department at Myanmar.
 Than Shwe George W. Bush
July 25, 2012 July 30, 2012 Than Swe (* June 19, 1953)
  • In 1975 BA Burma Defence Services Academy.
  • In 2000 MA in Defense Studies. Leaving the military,
  • From May 2000 to March 2008 he was director general for the Progress of Border Areas and National Races in the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs
 Thein Sein Barack Obama 2016
September 27, 2013 December 3, 2013 Kyaw Myo Htut (* 1957)
  • In 2008 he changed from the Burmese Army to the Foreign Ministry
  • In 2009 he was deputy permanent representative to the United Nations mission Geneva and defended the position of the Myanma government against European Union criticisms of its treatment of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyu.
  • From 2011 to 2012 he was Mynamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[7]
 Thein Sein Barack Obama 2016
July 18, 2016 September 16, 2016 Aung Lynn (*Feb. 9, 1958 in Yangon ) [8] Htin Kyaw Barack Obama 2018

38°54′50″N 77°3′2.5″W / 38.91389°N 77.050694°W / 38.91389; -77.050694 [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Win
  2. ^ Sithu U Ohn Sein
  3. ^ Tun Win
  4. ^ Hla Maung
  5. ^ Lwin
  6. ^ Tin Winn
  7. ^ Kyaw Myo Htut
  8. ^ [1][2]Aung Lynn
  9. ^ Chief of Protocol, Myanma Ambassador to the United States
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