Hla Maung Shwe (Burmese: လှမောင်ရွှေ; born 29 February 1956) is the former presidential adviser to President Thein Sein, serving as part of the political advisory group from April 2011 to April 2015. He also served as a senior advisor to the Myanmar Peace Center and as a secretary in the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) under former president Thein Sein.[1] He has continued to advise the government's peace team under Aung San Suu Kyi's government-led administration.[2][3][4]

Hla Maung Shwe
လှမောင်ရွှေ
Political Advisor to the Office of the President of Burma
In office
19 April 2011 – April 2015
PresidentThein Sein
Preceded byOffice established
Senior Advisor to the Myanmar Peace Centre
Assumed office
3 November 2012
Personal details
Born (1956-02-29) 29 February 1956 (age 68)
Yangon, Myanmar
SpouseTin Tin Oo
Websitefacebook.com/hlamaung.shwe

In November 2022, he was awarded the title of Wunna Kyawhtin, the country’s highest national honor for civil servants, by the military government.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Committee, subcommittes established for Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong Conference) preparation". Office of the President of Myanmar. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Interview with U Hla Maung Shwe". BNI Mulitimedia Group. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Voices from UPDJC working committees". Ministry of Information (Myanmar). Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "ဒု ပင်လုံညီလာခံကို တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင် ၃ ဖွဲ့တက်ရောက်ဖို့ အစိုးရ နည်းလမ်းရှာနေ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Regime awards Wunna Kyaw Htin honorary titles to EAOs leaders". Burma News International. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
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