Nai Kao Rot
Nai Kao Rot | |
|---|---|
| နိုင်ကောင်းရွတ် | |
| Deputy Minister of Defence of the National Unity Government of Myanmar | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2021 | |
| President | Win Myint (NUG) |
| Prime Minister | Mahn Win Khaing Than |
| Minister | Yee Mon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1952 |
| Party | Independent (MSICC) |
| Occupation | Politician, former armed group officer |
Nai Kao Rot (Burmese: နိုင်ကောင်းရွတ်; born 16 June 1952) is a Mon politician and former ethnic armed group commander. Since April 2021, he has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar.[1][2]
Early life
Nai Kao Rot was born on 16 June 1952 in Mon State. He completed his matriculation in 1971 and speaks Mon, Burmese, and English.[3]
Career
In 1972, he joined the New Mon State Party, an ethnic Mon political organisation.[4][5] Over 35 years, he served in the Mon National Liberation Army, rising from sergeant to colonel. For eighteen years, he was G-3 (operations) colonel on the MNLA military committee and also a member of the NMSP Central Committee. He retired in 2008.[6][7]
After retiring, Nai Kao Rot founded the Rehmonnya Labour Union (RLU) in 2009, supporting Mon migrant workers in Thailand. The union provided training in computing, agriculture, and labour rights. In 2012, the office was relocated to Mon State in Myanmar.
After the 2021 military coup, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) on 16 April 2021.[8][9] He represents the Mon State Interim Coordination Committee (MSICC) within the NUG.[10][11]
In December 2023, he visited resistance forces in Mon State, including the Mon State Revolutionary Force and the “Daw Na” column, to coordinate strategic and operational planning.[12][13]
See also
References
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- ^ "Deputy Ministers". National Unity Government. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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- ^ Weng, Lawi (2020-01-08). "Mon Ethnic Party: Myanmar Gov't, Military Lack Political Will for Federalism, Equality". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့တွင် မွန်ပြည်နယ်က ၂ ဦး ပါဝင်". ဧပြီ ၁၆ ရက်နေ့မှာ အသစ်ဖွဲ့စည်းလိုက်တဲ့ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေး အစိုးရအဖွဲ့မှာ မွန်ပြည်နယ်က ဒုဝန်ကြီး ၂ ဦး ပါဝင်လာပါတယ်။အဲဒီ ဒုဝန်ကြီး ၂ ဦးကတော့ ကာကွယ်ဝန်ကြီးဌာန ဒုတိယဝန်ကြီး နိုင်ကောင်းရွတ်နဲ့ စီမံကိန…. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ စန်းမော်အောင် (2023-12-16). "မွန်ပြည်နယ်က စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်တွေကို တိုက်ခိုက်ဖို့ NUG နဲ့ MSRF ဆွေးနွေး". မြန်မာဌာန (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ Now, Myanmar. "CRPH announces lineup of interim 'national unity government'". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ အငြိမ်းစား ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးကောင်းရွတ်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံမေးမြန်းခြင်း". နိုင်ငံတကာမြန်မာ့သတင်း (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "MSFC Conference Chair Urges Formation of a Mon Region Revolutionary Government | EURO-BURMA OFFICE". Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "National Unity Government proclaimed with the inclusion of ethnic leaders in the interim cabinet". Burma News International. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "Local Resistance Groups Issue Warning of Escalation in Mon State". Burma News International. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ "News - Lawmaker Asks Govt to Let Minority Language Teachers Don Traditional Dress". data.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2025-11-16.