Yar Pyae
{{Short description|Myanman Navy officer}}
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| native_name = ရာပြည့်
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|office = Minister of Border Affairs
|term_start = 31 January 2025
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|predecessor = Tun Tun Naung
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|office1 = Minister for Home Affairs
|term_start1 = 25 September 2023
|term_end1 = 31 January 2025
|predecessor1 = Soe Htut
|successor1 = Tun Tun Naung
|deputy1 = Ni Lin Aung
|office2 = Minister of Union Government Office
|term_start2 = 11 May 2021
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|predecessor2 = Lieutenant General Soe Htut
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|office3 = National Security Advisor to the State Administration Council
|term_start3 = 22 May 2021
|term_end3 = 7 January 2024
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Yar Pyae is a Myanmar Army officer and the Minister for the Union Government Office as of 11 May 2021. He was appointed as the National Security Advisor on 22 May 2021.{{cite news |title=စစ်ကောင်စီ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ၏ လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ အကြံပေး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် ဖြစ်လာ |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2021/06/24/243374.html |work=The Irrawaddy |date=24 June 2021 |language=my}}
Early life and education
Yar Pyae graduated from the 22nd intake of the Defence Services Academy, in the same cohort as Soe Win, a general in the Myanmar Army and the current Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar.{{Cite book |last=Than |first=Tin Maung Maung |url=http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/publication/joint_research/series14/pdf/chapter04.pdf |title=NIDS Joint Research Series No.14 |publisher=The National Institute for Defense Studies |year=2016 |isbn=978-4-86482-045-5 |chapter=Myanmar Security Outlook: A Taxing Year for the Tatmadaw}}
Military career
In November 2020, he chaired the Peace Negotiation Committee of Tatmadaw and also headed the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.{{Cite news |title=ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ရုံး ဝန်ကြီး ဖြစ်လာ |language=my |work=The Irrawaddy |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2021/05/12/241729.html}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Myanmar Military Sets up New Committee for Peace Talks|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-sets-new-committee-peace-talks.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}}
In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Yar Pyae has led efforts to dissuade major ethnic armed organisations, including United Wa State Army and the Shan State Progress Party, from joining the resistance movement and the National Unity Government.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Myanmar's Coup Shakes Up Its Ethnic Conflicts |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/myanmars-coup-shakes-its-ethnic-conflicts |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Crisis Group |language=en}} As the chairman of the National Solidarity and Peace-making Committee (NSPC), he met with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (Peace Council) at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Nay Pyi Taw on 26 April 2021.{{Cite web|title=NSPC holds talks with DKBA, KNU/KNLA (PC)|url=https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/nspc-holds-talks-with-dkba-knuknla-pc|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd|language=en}}
In August 2021, Sun Guoxiang, China's special envoy for Asian Affairs, met with Yar Pyae (along with military ruler Min Aung Hlaing and foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin) and “exchanged views with them on the political landscape in Myanmar”.{{Cite web|title=China envoy visits Myanmar as new route to Indian Ocean opened|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/02/uk-myanmar-politics-china}}
In September 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was appointed by the junta as minister for home affairs, replacing Soe Htut, who was sacked for corruption.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-26 |title=Analysis {{!}} Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}
In January 2024, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was removed from his position as National Security Advisor to the chairman of the State Administration Council and replaced with Admiral Moe Aung.{{cite news |title=Myanmar Navy Chief Transferred to National Security Advisor |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-navy-chief-transferred-to-national-security-advisor.html |date=9 January 2024 |work=The Irrawaddy |language=en}} Another cabinet reshuffle on 31 January 2025 would see Yar Pyae swap roles with Minister of Border Affairs Tun Tun Naung, with Yar Pyae becoming Minister of Border Affairs and Tun Tun Naung becoming Minister for Home Affairs.{{cite web |title=Myanmar reshuffles the Cabinet: ministers transferred, retirements announced |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/40045845 |website=The Nation |access-date=7 February 2025 |date=3 February 2025}}
References
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Category:Government ministers of Myanmar
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