Ministry of Legal Affairs (Myanmar)

Ministry of Legal Affairs
ဥပဒေရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
	seal of MOLA
Agency overview
Formed	30 August 2021; 3 years ago
Preceding agency	Office of the Attorney General (Myanmar);
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Office No (25), Naypyidaw
Minister responsible	Thida Oo, Union Minister and Attorney General;
Deputy Minister responsible	Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General;
Website	www.mola.gov.mm

Ministry of Legal Affairs (Burmese: ဥပဒေရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The Office is led by the Union Minister Thida Oo who is also serves as Attorney General.^[1] After the caretaker government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Departments

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Appointer
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party	Appointer
1		Thida Oo	30 August 2021	Incumbent	1195	Independent	SAC
1		Thida Oo	also serves as Attornery General


	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Period	Party	Cabinet	Ref
1	San Lwin	30 August 2021	12 October 2022	1 year, 41 days	Independent	Min Aung Hlaing	^[5]
2	Dr Thein Lin Oo	3 August 2023	Present	1 year, 126 days	Independent	Min Aung Hlaing	^[6]

Note: Deputy Minister also serves as Deputy Union Attorney General of Myanmar