Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development

Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development (Burmese: သမဝါယမနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a ministry of Myanmar formed in 2021.The current union minister is Hla Moe, appointed by Min Aung Hlaing.^[1]

Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development

သမဝါယမနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
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Agency overview
Formed	17 June 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-17)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Minister responsible	Hla Moe, Union Minister
Deputy Minister responsible	Myint Soe
Website	mcrd.gov.mm

History

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 as Ministry of Agriculture, Livestocks and Irrigation.In the government formed after the military 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]

Ministers

• Hla Moe (24 June 2021 - Incumbent)

deputy ministers

• Myint Soe (4 April 2022 - Incumbent)

Departments

• Department of Cooperatives
  • Co-operative University, Thanlyin
  • Co-operative University, Sagaing
• Department of Rural Development ( https://www.drdmyanmar.org )
• Department of Small-Scale Industries
  • Lacquerware Technology college (Bagan)
  • Saunders Weaving and Vocational Institute (Amarapura)
  • (8) Weaving and Vocational High Schools
  • (5) Basic weaving schools