Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Charlie Than

Position

Minister of Industry since 22 May \n2021

Address

Room No (23), Building No (25), Palm Village Villa, Yankin Yanshin Street, Yangon, Myanmar

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.040.01.0010.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A040%3ATOC

Official reason

Charlie Than has been the Minister of Industry since 22 May 2021. He was appointed by the State Administrative Council (SAC), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, which took over the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the State as of 2 February 2021. In his statements and acts, he has publicly supported the coup and the military...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-21)

Date of listing

2022-02-21

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 ...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0184-20210621&fbclid=IwAR0aIQnhLlfDnP0xn_quu9Lbspv8IE6NVrAMZlPRSROKs-MdZS6xhSJdTQI