Ministry of Ethnic Affairs

Ministry of Ethnic Affairs
တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Ministry overview
Formed30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Jurisdiction Myanmar
HeadquartersOffice No. (10), Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar
Minister responsible
  • Saw Tun Aung Myint
Child agencies
  • Department of Ethnic Literature and Culture
  • Department of Protection of Ethnic Rights
Websitewww.moea.gov.mm

Ministry of Ethnic Affairs (Burmese: တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a Myanmar government ministry formed by the President's Office Declaration No. 1/2016 on March 30, 2016 under President U Htin Kyaw. On May 25, 2016, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs to comply with the law protecting the rights of ethnic nationalities. The Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs is Saw Tun Aung Myint.

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