| သမဝါယမနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 17 June 2021; 4 years ago (2021-06-17) |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Myanmar |
| Headquarters | Naypyidaw |
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| Deputy Minister responsible |
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| Website | mcrd |
Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development (Burmese:သမဝါယမနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a ministry ofMyanmar formed in 2021.The current union minister is Hla Moe, appointed byMin Aung Hlaing.[1]
In Myanmar, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Commodity Distribution was established in 1951.Then, Ministry of Support and Cooperatives and Ministry of Cooperatives were reorganized.In 2016,Ministry of Cooperatives,Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development,Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation were organized asMinistry of Agriculture, Livestocks and Irrigation.In thegovernment formed after themilitary coup in 2021, the former Ministry of Cooperatives and the Department of Rural Development were reorganized as the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development.[2][3]
