Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development

Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development

မွေးမြူရေး၊ ရေလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဒေသဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Office No. 36, Naypyidaw 19°46′59″N 96°08′30″E / 19.783009°N 96.141763°E / 19.783009; 96.141763
Minister responsible	Ohn Myint
Deputy Ministers responsible	Khin Maung Aye Aung Myat Oo, Dr Tin Ngwe
Website	www.mlfrd.gov.mm

The Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development (Burmese: မွေးမြူရေး၊ ရေလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကျေးလက်ဒေသဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a ministry in the Burmese government responsible for the country's livestock and fishery sectors.^[1]

The development of livestock and fisheries sectors of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar was undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry up to the fiscal year of 1982–1983. In accordance with the decision of 3/6 cabinet meeting of State Council held on 10 February 1983, the Ministry of the Livestock and Fisheries was particularly organised on 15 March 1983. With Order No. (67/2013) dated 9 August 2013 of President Office, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and in accord with the agreement of the Seventh Regular Session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has been renamed Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development.^[2]