Last Updated: July 15, 2025
Nyo Saw
Position
Member of the State Administration Council (SAC) and Advisor to Min Aung Hlaing (Chairman of the SAC).\nMember of the Foreign Exchange Supervision Committee (FESC). Chairman of the military-owned conglomerate Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC).
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302789
Official reason
In September 2023, Lieutenant General Nyo Saw has been appointed as a member of the State Administration Council after having been appointed senior advisor to the State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (who has been designated since 22.3.2021) at the rank of a Union Minister. He is also head of a committee taske...
Other Information
Date of listing
2023-12-11
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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