Ko Ko Hlaing

Who is Ko Ko Hlaing?

Ko Ko Hlaing is a Burmese military researcher and writer, currently serving under Thein Sein as the chief political advisor to the President's Office of Myanmar, after being appointed on 19 April 2011.

In 1976, he graduated from the Defence Services Academy. The following year, he joined the Myanmar Army, as a gazetted officer. From 1991 to 2004, he served as the War Office's First Class Chief Researcher. In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Advisor of the Ministry of Information's Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, the country's chief censorship agency.