Tin Aung San
Tin Aung San is a Burmese navy officer who served as Deputy [Prime Minister of Myanmar], a member of the State Administration Council, and the minister for defence. He is currently the union minister 1 for the President's Office as well as the national security advisor to the National Defence and [Security Council (Myanmar)|National Defence and Security Council], and is a member-elect of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
Career
Tin Aung San graduated from the Defence Services Academy in 1982 as part of the 23rd intake. Tin Aung San was promoted as Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy in August 2015, succeeding Admiral Thura Thet Swe, who retired to run for political office.After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Tin Aung San was appointed a member of the State Administration Council on 2 February 2021. He subsequently relinquished his position as the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy, with Admiral Moe Aung assuming the role.
On the following day, he was appointed the Minister of Transport and Communications by the SAC. In this regard, the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw claims that the military regime’s cabinet members of State Administration Council|cabinet] is illegitimate.
A cabinet reshuffle in 1 February 2023, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, along with Soe Win, Mya Tun Oo, Soe Htut, Win Shein and Than Swe, concurrently as Minister for Transport and Communications.
Following the dissolution of State Administration Council on 31 July 2025, he is part of the new cabinet under Nyo Saw as Union Minister 1 for the President's Office.
On 5 August 2025, the National Defence and Security Council appointed Tin Aung San as National Security Advisor. He served this post concurrently with Union Minister 1 of the President's Office.
Tin Aung San ran and was elected as the Union Solidarity and Development Party candidate for Pyithu Hluttaw in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, in the 2025–26 Myanmar general election, considered a sham process by independent observers.
Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Tin Aung San since 11 February 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 14014, in response to the Myanmar's military’s coup against the democratically elected civilian government of Myanmar. The US sanctions include freezing of assets under the US and ban on transactions with US person.The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions on Tin Aung San since 18 February 2021, pursuant to Special Economic Measures Act and Special Economic Measures Regulations, in response to the gravity of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar. The Canadian sanctions include freezing of assets under Canada and ban on transactions with Canadian person.
Furthermore, the British Government placed sanctions on Tin Aung San on 25 February 2021, following the recent military coup. The UK sanctions include freezing of assets under the UK and ban on traveling or transiting to the United Kingdom.