Ministry of Legal Affairs (Myanmar)

Ministry of Legal Affairs (Burmese: ဥပဒေရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The Office is led by the Union Minister Thida Oo who is also serves as Attorney General.^[1] After the caretaker government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021.^[2][3][4]

Ministry of Legal Affairs

ဥပဒေရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
seal of MOLA
Agency overview
Formed	30 August 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-30)
Preceding agency	Office of the Attorney General (Myanmar)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Office No (25), Naypyidaw
Minister responsible	Thida Oo, Union Minister and Attorney General
Deputy Minister responsible	Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General
Website	www.mola.gov.mm

Departments

• Legislative and Advising Department
• Legal Advice Department
• Prosecution Department
• Administration Department

List of ministers

Union ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Appointer
			Took office	Left office	Days
1		Thida Oo	30 August 2021	Incumbent	1305	Independent	SAC
			also serves as Attornery General

Deputy ministers

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Period	Party	Cabinet	Ref
1	San Lwin	30 August 2021	12 October 2022	1 year, 41 days	Independent	Min Aung Hlaing	[5]
2	Dr Thein Lin Oo	3 August 2023	Present	1 year, 236 days			[6]

Note: Deputy Minister also serves as Deputy Union Attorney General of Myanmar