Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Soe Htut

Position

Minister for Home Affairs and the Minister for the Office of the Union Government

Nationality

Myanmar

DoB

dd/03/1960

Address

Myanmar

Official reason

Soe Htut was appointed Minister for Home Affairs, on 1 February 2020. He was Home Affairs Minister during the coup, on 1 February, when Tatmadaw security forces (including the police) were directed to detain MPs and civil society figures. . The Minister for Home Affairs is responsible for the Myanmar Police Force, Fire Service and Prison Service. T...

Other Information

Lt-Gen Soe Htut graduated from Intake 64 of the Myanmar military’s Officer Training School. Became a regional commander in 2010. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2021-04-29

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

Regime

UK country specific

Target State

Myanmar

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain financial, trade and immigration sanctions relating to Myanmar continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctions (EU...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/496/contents/made