General Moe Aung with the Russian Vice Chief of the Navy
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The junta Navy Commander in Chief, Admiral Moe Aung has changed jobs and been made the Union Minister for Ministry (4) in the Office of the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and the National Security Adviser.
As national Security Adviser, he will give national security advice to the SAC chairman, Min Aung Hlaing.
The announcement of Admiral Moe Aung job change was made by the SAC on 8 January.
On the same day, the SAC also announced that U Ko Ko Hlaing would become the Union Minister for Ministry (1) at the Office of the Chairman of the SAC, and U Aung Naing Oo would become the Union Minister for Ministry (2) at the Office of the Chairman of the SAC.
During the NLD government, U Aung Naing Oo served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER). However, following the coup, he became the Union Minister of the Military Council.
There have been no official announcements as to who will take up the posts vacated by these appointments.
BBC Burmese reported that the Navy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Zwe Win Myint, has been appointed Navy Commander in Chief, but there has been no official confirmation of this.
