Brigadier General Lun Maung (Burmese: လွန်းမောင်; ? – 2001) was a Burmese military officer who served as the minister of the Prime Minister's Office and later the minister of energy under the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).[1] He was killed in a helicopter crash in Kayin State in 2001, along with SPDC Secretary 2 Lieutenant General Tin Oo, and other high-ranking military officials.[2]
In 1986–87, he served as a strategist with the rank of colonel in the 99th Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Army under Major Win Zaw Nyunt. During the 1988 uprising, when the junta split the government into military regions, Lun Maung was promoted to commander of the Yangon Command.[3] Lun Maung's son Soe Htut is a military general and minister.[4]
References edit
- ^ Maung, Mya (1998). The Burma Road to Capitalism: Economic Growth Versus Democracy. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-96216-6.
- ^ "Burmese General Dies in Air Crash". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2001-02-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "ဒုတိယဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးစိုးထွဋ်နဲ့ ရဲမှူးချုပ်ဇော်မိုးသန်းမဟုတ် စကစတို့ရဲ့ ဇာတ်တူသားစား ဇာတ်လမ်း". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "Myanmar Picks Military Intelligence Veteran as New Home Affairs Minister". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2023-02-12.