Last Updated: July 10, 2025
U Than Swe
Aliases
Than Swe
Position
Union Foreign Minister since February 2023.\nFormer Chair of the Anti-Corruption Commission (19 August 2022-February 2023)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401249
Official reason
U Than Swe is the Chair of the Anti-Corruption Commission, appointed by the State Administrative Council (SAC) on 19 August 2022. The Anti-Corruption Commission, under U Than Swe’s leadership, has implemented policies with the aim of legitimising the military coup, including its involvement in proceedings against democratically elected leaders, su...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-11-08)
Date of listing
2024-04-30
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Myanmar
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the persons and entities listed in Annexes IV of Council Regulation (EU) 401/2013 should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. The list of persons and entities concerned is included in the Financial Sanctions Database (linked). - Member States shall enforce travel rest...
Official Information
In view of the absence of progress towards democratization and of the violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma, on 28 October 1996, the EU reaffirmed the restrictive measures already in place, which included an arms embargo, and introduced additional ones, such as travel restrictions and the suspension of high-level bilateral governmental visits ...
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