Nyo Saw

Myanmar

Lieutenant General

Myanmar

Male

EU

Member of the State Administration Council (SAC) and Advisor to Min Aung Hlaing (Chairman of the SAC)

Since 31 July 2025, Lieutenant General Nyo Saw has been Prime Minister. From September 2023, he was 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, until the SAC was replaced by the State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) on 31 July 2025. He has been a member of the SSPC since 31 July 2025. He is also head of a committee tasked with importing fuel from Russia, the regime’s major arms supplier. Nyo Saw retired from the army in 2020 as quartermaster general. He also serves as a member of the Foreign Exchange Supervision Committee (FESC) and as the chairman of the military-owned conglomerate Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC), both of which generate revenue for the regime. He is also a member of the patron group of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL). As a member of the SAC and advisor to the SAC Chairman, Nyo Saw plays a key role in maintaining and orchestrating the military dictatorship in Myanmar that seized power through a military coup in 2021, overthrowing the democratically elected government. Through his roles in the steering of military owned enterprises and in managing fuel imports from Russia, including for military use, he also provides economic supports and income to the military regime. Nyo Saw is associated with former and current junta regime members. Nyo Saw is therefore a natural person whose policies and activities undermine democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, and who engages in actions that threaten the peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, Nyo Saw is associated with persons designated under Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013, notably General Min Aung Hlaing.

CH

article 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 (Travelban)

Function: Member of the State Administration Council (SAC) and Advisor to Min Aung Hlaing (Chairman of the SAC); Rank: Lieutenant General; Political rank: Union Minister

2023-12-21

CH

Ordinance of 17 October 2018 on measures against Myanmar (SR 946.231.157.5)

Switzerland country specific

Myanmar

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 17 October 2018 on measures against Myanmar (SR 946.231.157.5). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.