Last Updated: January 19, 2026
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF BURMA
Aliases
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF BURMA; TATMADAW
Address
Building 24, Nay Pyi Taw, Burma
Official reason
Burma’s Ministry of Defense is responsible for the command and control of the armed forces, which has conducted decades of repressive military rule that was violently resumed following the coup in 2021. Since the coup, the Ministry of Defense has continued to import goods and materiel worth at least $1 billion, including from sanctioned entities in...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1555
Date of listing
2023-06-21
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14014
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Myanmar
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Official Information
On February 10, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14014 of February 10, 2021, “Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma” (86 FR 9429, February 12, 2021). In E.O. 14014, the President determined that...
Additional Details
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Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/01/2021-11483/burma-sanctions-regulations