Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar)

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

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

Objectives[edit]

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

Departments[edit]

Current Departments[edit]

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[edit]

  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".

See also[edit]