# Yar Pyae
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{{Short description|Burmese army general and minister of the Union Government Office}}
{{Family name hatnote|Yar Pyae|lang=Burmese}}
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| name = Yar Pyae
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| native_name = ရာပြည့်
| native_name_lang = my
| office = [Minister of Border Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Border_Affairs_(Myanmar))
| term_start = 31 January 2025
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| predecessor = [Tun Tun Naung](/source/Tun_Tun_Naung)
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| office1 = [Minister for Home Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(Myanmar))
| term_start1 = 25 September 2023
| term_end1 = 31 January 2025
| predecessor1 = [Soe Htut](/source/Soe_Htut)
| successor1 = [Tun Tun Naung](/source/Tun_Tun_Naung)
| deputy1 = [Ni Lin Aung](/source/Ni_Lin_Aung)
| office2 = [Minister of Union Government Office](/source/Ministry_of_Union_Government_Office_(Myanmar))
| term_start2 = 11 May 2021
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| predecessor2 = [Soe Htut](/source/Soe_Htut)
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| office3 = National Security Advisor to the [State Administration Council](/source/State_Administration_Council)
| term_start3 = 22 May 2021
| term_end3 = 7 January 2024
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| successor3 = [Moe Aung](/source/Moe_Aung)
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| office4 = Member of the [State Security and Peace Commission](/source/State_Security_and_Peace_Commission)
| term_start4 = 31 July 2025
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| leader4 = [Min Aung Hlaing](/source/Min_Aung_Hlaing)
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'''Yar Pyae''' ({{Langx|my|ရာပြည့်}}; born Myanmar) is a Burmese army general and the [Minister for the Union Government Office](/source/Ministry_of_Union_Government_Office_(Myanmar)) as of 11 May 2021. He was appointed as the National Security Advisor on 22 May 2021.[{{cite news |title=စစ်ကောင်စီ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ၏ လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ အကြံပေး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရ��ပြည့် ဖြစ်လာ |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2021/06/24/243374.html |work=The Irrawaddy |date=24 June 2021 |language=my}}]
== Early life and education ==
Yar Pyae graduated from the 22nd intake of the [Defence Services Academy](/source/Defence_Services_Academy), in the same cohort as [Soe Win](/source/Soe_Win_(general)), another general in the Myanmar Army and the current [Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Myanmar).[{{Cite book |last=Than |first=Tin Maung Maung |url=http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/publication/joint_research/series14/pdf/chapter04.pdf |title=NIDS Joint Research Series No.14 |publisher=The National Institute for Defense Studies |year=2016 |isbn=978-4-86482-045-5 |chapter=Myanmar Security Outlook: A Taxing Year for the Tatmadaw |archive-date=2023-03-04 |access-date=2023-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304123424/http://www.nids.mod.go.jp//english/publication/joint_research/series14/pdf/chapter04.pdf |url-status=dead }}]
== Military career ==
In November 2020, he chaired the Peace Negotiation Committee of Tatmadaw and also headed the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.[{{Cite news |title=ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရာပြည့် အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ရုံး ဝန်ကြီး ဖြစ်လာ |language=my |work=[The Irrawaddy](/source/The_Irrawaddy) |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2021/05/12/241729.html}}][{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Myanmar Military Sets up New Committee for Peace Talks|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-sets-new-committee-peace-talks.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US}}]
In the aftermath of the [2021 Myanmar coup d'état](/source/2021_Myanmar_coup_d'%C3%A9tat), Yar Pyae has led efforts to dissuade major [ethnic armed organisations](/source/List_of_ethnic_armed_organisations_in_Myanmar), including [United Wa State Army](/source/United_Wa_State_Army) and the [Shan State Progress Party](/source/Shan_State_Army_%E2%80%93_North), from joining the resistance movement and the [National Unity Government](/source/National_unity_government).[{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Myanmar's Coup Shakes Up Its Ethnic Conflicts |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/myanmars-coup-shakes-its-ethnic-conflicts |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Crisis Group |language=en}}] As the chairman of the National Solidarity and Peace-making Committee (NSPC), he met with the [Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)](/source/DKBA-5) and the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (Peace Council) at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Nay Pyi Taw on 26 April 2021.[{{Cite web|title=NSPC holds talks with DKBA, KNU/KNLA (PC)|url=https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/nspc-holds-talks-with-dkba-knuknla-pc|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd|language=en}}]
In August 2021, Sun Guoxiang, China's special envoy for Asian Affairs, met with Yar Pyae (along with military ruler [Min Aung Hlaing](/source/Min_Aung_Hlaing) and foreign minister [Wunna Maung Lwin](/source/Wunna_Maung_Lwin)) and “exchanged views with them on the political landscape in Myanmar”.[{{Cite web|title=China envoy visits Myanmar as new route to Indian Ocean opened|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/02/uk-myanmar-politics-china}}]
In September 2023, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was appointed by the junta as [minister for home affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(Myanmar)), replacing [Soe Htut](/source/Soe_Htut), who was sacked for corruption.[{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-26 |title=Analysis {{!}} Myanmar Coup Leader Fires Two Members of Junta's Highest Body for Corruption |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmar-coup-leader-fires-two-members-of-juntas-highest-body-for-corruption.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}]
In January 2024, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Yar Pyae was removed from his position as National Security Advisor to the chairman of the [State Administration Council](/source/State_Administration_Council) and replaced with Admiral [Moe Aung](/source/Moe_Aung).[{{cite news |title=Myanmar Navy Chief Transferred to National Security Advisor |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-navy-chief-transferred-to-national-security-advisor.html |date=9 January 2024 |work=The Irrawaddy |language=en}}] Another cabinet reshuffle on 31 January 2025 would see Yar Pyae swap roles with Minister of Border Affairs [Tun Tun Naung](/source/Tun_Tun_Naung), with Yar Pyae becoming Minister of Border Affairs and Tun Tun Naung becoming Minister for Home Affairs.[{{cite web |title=Myanmar reshuffles the Cabinet: ministers transferred, retirements announced |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/40045845 |website=[The Nation](/source/The_Nation_(Thailand)) |access-date=7 February 2025 |date=3 February 2025}}]
== References ==
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Category:Burmese generals
Category:Living people
Category:Government ministers of Myanmar
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