Union Minister

Thein Oo

About The Union Minister

U Thein Oo graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (B.A. Law); LL.B. degree from Yangon University in 1978 and a Master of Arts from Mahidol University.

He was elected to Parliament in 1990 as a representative for the National League for Democracy and served as Union Minister of the Ministry of Justice in the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) in exile. He also served as the President of the Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC) from 1994 to 2014.

He acted as Secretary during the drafting of the first constitution for the Federal Republic of the Union of Myanmar from 1993 to 1996, and subsequently in the Federal Constitution Drafting and Coordinating Committee (FCDCC) during the creation of the Second Draft Constitution from 2006 to 2008.

Currently, he serves as the Union Minister of the Ministry of Justice in the National Unity Government.

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