The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs (Burmese: အားကစားနှင့် လူငယ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန; MOSYA) administers Myanma sports and youth affairs. The ministry was formed in 1996 as Ministry of Sports and organized as Ministry of Health and Sports in 2016. In 2021, following the formation of caretaker government, the ministry was reorganized as Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. The current union minister is Min Thein Zan, appointed by SACChairmanMin Aung Hlaing.[2][1]
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs
အားကစားနှင့် လူငယ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of MOSYA
Agency overview
Formed
18 December 1996; 26 years ago (1996-12-18)(Sports)
1 August 2021; 17 months ago (2021-08-01)(Sports and Youth)
The Department of Sports and Physical Education, Department of Youth Affairs and their branches are under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Other afflications are Myanmar National Olympic Council, National Olympic Committee and Sports Federations. The Union Minister must be the chairman of National Olympic Committee. The Ministry is also responsible for stadiums in Myanmar.[3]
From the early 20 Century to 1941, there are "Burma Athletic Association" in Yangon and "Upper Burma Athletic Association " in Mandalay for sports affairs. In 1936, an athlete, U Zaw Weit, and a coach,U Shein, competed in Berlin Olympic as British Burma.
On 26 November 1946, Burma organized "Burma Olympic Association" which was governed by General Aung San and Sir Hubert Rance as chairperson and Sir J A Maung Gyi and U Razak as president and vice-president. On 9 July 1947, they joined with International Olympic Committee and competed in the 1948 London Olympics as "Burma".
On 9 October 1950, the "National Fitness Council" was organized. The Council was composed with a chairman (health minister) and 15 members. In 1952, the State Football matches were held. The 1952 Southeast Asian Boxing Games and 1961 SEAP Games were also held.
On 27 May 1964, the "Burma Sports and Physical Education Committee" was organized. The health minister served as chairman and the director general for SPEC Office served as secretary. In 1972, it was organized as "Sports and Physical Education Department" (DSPE) under the Ministry of Health. On 1 July 1993, it moved under the Ministry of Prime Minister Office.
On 18 December 1996, the government established the "Ministry of Sports" for the country's sports affairs. The DSPE was moved from Ministey of Prime Minister Office to Ministry of Sports. From 1996 to 2011, SPDC appointed Brigadier Generals of Tatmadaw as Minister of Sports. On March 30 2011, newly elected president Thein Sein appointed Tint Hsan, a businessman, as Union Minister for Sports.[4]
When Htin Kyaw became the president in March 2016, he reduced the number of ministries in his cabinet. He dissolved Ministry of Sports and moved the department of Sports and Physical Education to the Ministry of Health. But on 25 May 2016, the Ministry of Health was renamed as the Ministry of Health and Sports.[5][6] Prior to 2018, only the Director General of DSPE took the lead in sports sector.[7] In 2018, former badminton player, Mya Lay Sein, was appointed as deputy minister by Win Myint and acted more effectively on behalf of the Union Minister.
After the 2021 coup d'état, Myint Htwe resigned from his post[8] and Mya Lay Sein was suspended by Min Aung Hlaing.[9] They were replaced by Thet Khaing Win,[10] former permanent Secretary of MOHS under Myint Htwe, and Myo Hlaing, former Director General of DSPE. On 1 August 2021, the management committee of SAC was organized as caretaker government and they reconstituted the Ministry of Health and Sports as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.[2]
^ ab"Order No 151/2021, State Administration Council, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. MNA. 2 August 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Burmese အ ကစ န င လ ငယ ရ ရ ဝန က ဌ န MOSYA administers Myanma sports and youth affairs The ministry was formed in 1996 as Ministry of Sports and organized as Ministry of Health and Sports in 2016 In 2021 following the formation of caretaker government the ministry was reorganized as Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs The current union minister is Min Thein Zan appointed by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing 2 1 Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairsအ ကစ န င လ ငယ ရ ရ ဝန က ဌ နSeal of MOSYAAgency overviewFormed18 December 1996 26 years ago 1996 12 18 Sports 1 August 2021 17 months ago 2021 08 01 Sports and Youth TypeMinistryJurisdictionGovernment of BurmaHeadquartersOffice No 31 NaypyidawMinister responsibleMin Thein Zan 1 Deputy Minister responsible Myo Hlaing Dr Soe WinChild agenciesDepartment of Sports and Physical EducationDepartment of Youth AffairsWebsitemosya wbr gov wbr mmThe Department of Sports and Physical Education Department of Youth Affairs and their branches are under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Other afflications are Myanmar National Olympic Council National Olympic Committee and Sports Federations The Union Minister must be the chairman of National Olympic Committee The Ministry is also responsible for stadiums in Myanmar 3 Contents 1 History 2 List of Ministers 2 1 Ministers 1996 2011 2 2 Union Ministers 2011 incumbent 2 3 Deputy Ministers 3 Departments 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditFrom the early 20 Century to 1941 there are Burma Athletic Association in Yangon and Upper Burma Athletic Association in Mandalay for sports affairs In 1936 an athlete U Zaw Weit and a coach U Shein competed in Berlin Olympic as British Burma On 26 November 1946 Burma organized Burma Olympic Association which was governed by General Aung San and Sir Hubert Rance as chairperson and Sir J A Maung Gyi and U Razak as president and vice president On 9 July 1947 they joined with International Olympic Committee and competed in the 1948 London Olympics as Burma On 9 October 1950 the National Fitness Council was organized The Council was composed with a chairman health minister and 15 members In 1952 the State Football matches were held The 1952 Southeast Asian Boxing Games and 1961 SEAP Games were also held On 27 May 1964 the Burma Sports and Physical Education Committee was organized The health minister served as chairman and the director general for SPEC Office served as secretary In 1972 it was organized as Sports and Physical Education Department DSPE under the Ministry of Health On 1 July 1993 it moved under the Ministry of Prime Minister Office On 18 December 1996 the government established the Ministry of Sports for the country s sports affairs The DSPE was moved from Ministey of Prime Minister Office to Ministry of Sports From 1996 to 2011 SPDC appointed Brigadier Generals of Tatmadaw as Minister of Sports On March 30 2011 newly elected president Thein Sein appointed Tint Hsan a businessman as Union Minister for Sports 4 When Htin Kyaw became the president in March 2016 he reduced the number of ministries in his cabinet He dissolved Ministry of Sports and moved the department of Sports and Physical Education to the Ministry of Health But on 25 May 2016 the Ministry of Health was renamed as the Ministry of Health and Sports 5 6 Prior to 2018 only the Director General of DSPE took the lead in sports sector 7 In 2018 former badminton player Mya Lay Sein was appointed as deputy minister by Win Myint and acted more effectively on behalf of the Union Minister After the 2021 coup d etat Myint Htwe resigned from his post 8 and Mya Lay Sein was suspended by Min Aung Hlaing 9 They were replaced by Thet Khaing Win 10 former permanent Secretary of MOHS under Myint Htwe and Myo Hlaing former Director General of DSPE On 1 August 2021 the management committee of SAC was organized as caretaker government and they reconstituted the Ministry of Health and Sports as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs 2 List of Ministers EditMinisters 1996 2011 Edit No Name Term Start Term End Days Head of State1 Brigadier General Sein Win 18 February 1996 28 October 1999 1348 Senior General Than Shwe2 Brigadier General Thura Aye Myint 29 October 1999 30 March 2011 4170Union Ministers 2011 incumbent Edit No Name Name of the Ministry Term Start Term End Days President3 Tint Hsan Ministry of Sports 30 March 2011 30 March 2016 1827 Thein Sein4 Dr Myint Htwe Ministry of Health and Sports 30 March 2016 1 February 2021 1769 Htin Kyaw Win Myint5 Dr Thet Khaing Win 1 February 2021 1 August 2021 181 Myint Swe acting 6 Min Thein Zan Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs 1 August 2021 Incumbent 522Deputy Ministers Edit No Name Name of the Ministry Term Start Term End Days Union Minister1 Aye Myint Kyu Ministry of Sports 30 March 2011 6 September 2012 526 Tint Hsan2 Thaung Htike 7 September 2012 30 March 2016 13003 Zaw Win 29 July 2013 30 March 2016 9754 Dr Mya Lay Sein Ministry of Health and Sports 2 July 2018 1 February 2021 945 Dr Myint Htwe5 Myo Hlaing 7 February 2021 Incumbent 703 Dr Thet Khaing WinMinistry of Sports and Youth Affairs Min Thein Zan6 Dr Soe Win 11 19 August 2022 Incumbent 139Departments EditUnion Minister Office Department of Sports and Physical Education Department of Youth AffairsSee also EditCabinet of Burma Ministry of Health and Sports Myanmar 2015 Myanmar National Sports FestivalReferences Edit a b စစ က င တနင သ ရ န င ဧရ ဝတ တ င ဒ သက စ မ အ ပ ခ ပ ရ က င စ ဥက ကဋ ဌမ အ တ ဝန မ အန ယ ခ င ပ ခ ပ ပ ည ထ င စ ဝန က ဌ နအခ က ပ င ဆင ဖ စည a b Order No 151 2021 State Administration Council Republic of the Union of Myanmar PDF The Global New Light of Myanmar MNA 2 August 2021 p 6 Retrieved 2 August 2021 မ န မ အ ကစ သမ င န င ဝန က ဌ န သမ င အက ဉ Formation of the Union Government 1 2011 President Office in Burmese 30 March 2011 Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 မ န မ အ ကစ သမ င Two ministries renamed န င င တ သမ မတရ Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 ဝ သ ဝ က သ က ခ သည ၂၀၁၇ မ န မ အ ကစ Myanmar s Health Minister Resigns After Military Takeover The Irrawaddy 1 February 2021 ဒ တ ယဝန က ၂၄ ဦ အ တ ဝန မ ရပ စ က င တပ မတ က က ယ ရ ဦ စ ခ ပ ရ ထ တ ပ န Tatmadaw names new govt officials The Myanmar Times 1 February 2021 အ ကစ န င လ ငယ ရ ရ ဝန က ဌ န ဒ တ ယဝန က အဖ စ ခန အပ External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Myanmar amp oldid 1105304550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
