CRPH announces restructuring of NUG cabinet, reducing ministries from 17 to 12

Mizzima

The Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) announced on 8 December that the National Unity Government (NUG) has restructured its cabinet, dissolving five of its original 17 ministries.

The ministries removed from the structure include the Ministry of International Cooperation, the Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Women, Youth and Children Affairs, and the Ministry of Labour. The Ministry of Labour has been merged into the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.

Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, who previously served as Union Minister for both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, has been appointed as Minister of the Office of the Union Prime Minister. In his former ministries, the previous Deputy Ministers, Dr. Shwe Pon and Ja Htoi Pan, have taken over as Union Minister of Health and Union Minister of Education, respectively.

Notably absent from the newly announced cabinet lineup are the ministers of the five dissolved ministries: Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Daw Khin Ma Ma Myo, Naing Tun Pe (also known as Naing Thuwunna), Dr. Sasa, U Htin Lin Aung, as well as Deputy Minister Daw Ei Thinzar Maung. Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs U Moe Zaw Oo and former Deputy Minister of Federal Union Affairs U Chit Tun are also not included.