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Acting Cabinet of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

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Acting Cabinet of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

Cabinet of Myanmar in exile
Date formed2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)
Date dissolved16 April 2021 (2021-04-16)
People and organisations
PresidentMahn Win Khaing Than (acting)
History
Outgoing election2020 Myanmar general election
Incoming formation2021 Myanmar coup d'état
SuccessorNational Unity Government

The Acting Cabinet of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was a Myanmar provisional government in exile formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. The cabinet was formed on 2 March 2021 and replaced by longer term National Unity Government on 16 April 2021.

History

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On 2 March 2021, the committee installed four government ministers to supervise nine ministries. Three of them are elected members from the NLD and one is the rector of the University of Medicine 1. According to the statement of the CRPH, its prime purpose is to fulfill the duties of the civilian government. The committee officially stated it would assign other suitable persons to assume the duties on behalf of cabinet members[1] On 9 March, it named Mahn Win Khaing Than, the third Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar between 2016 and 2018, as the acting Vice-President of Myanmar and declared that he would perform the duties of the President in his absence.[2] The acting cabinet was abolished and formed the National Unity Government on 16 April 2021.

Structure

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Heads of the cabinet

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Win Myint President Detained
Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor Detained
Mahn Win Khaing Than Vice President Former Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar (2016-2018)

Cabinet members

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Office Name Term in office Political Party
Took office Left office Days
Minister of Foreign Affairs Zin Mar Aung 2 March 2021 16 April 2021 45 NLD
Ministry of President's Office Lwin Ko Latt
Ministry of Union Government Office
Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry Tin Tun Naing
Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations
Ministry of Commerce
Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population Zaw Wai Soe, Dr. Independent
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Health and Sports
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Win Myat Aye, Dr. 23 March 2021 16 April 2021 24 NLD

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References

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  1. ^ "Ousted MPs defy junta by appointing new government ministers". Myanmar Now. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Myanmar security forces raid compound of striking rail workers". Reuters. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "CRPH က ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးတွေ စတင်ခန့်အပ်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese).
  4. ^ "ခေတ္တပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ၄ ဦး CRPH ခန့်အပ်". VOA (in Burmese).
  5. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ဒေါက်တာဝင်းမြတ်အေး တာဝန်ဆက်လက်ထမ်းဆောင်ခြင်း". CRPH Official Website (in Burmese). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.