Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs (Myanmar)

Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs

အားကစားနှင့် လူငယ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of MOSYA
Agency overview
Formed	18 December 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12-18) (Sports) 1 August 2021; 2 years ago (2021-08-01) (Sports and Youth)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Burma
Headquarters	Office No (31), Naypyidaw
Minister responsible	Min Thein Zan[1]
Deputy Minister responsible	Myo Hlaing (Sports) Zin Min Htet (Youth Affairs)
Child agencies	Department of Sports and Physical Education Department of Youth Affairs
Website	mosya.gov.mm

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs (Burmese: အားကစားနှင့် လူငယ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန; MOSYA) administers Myanmar sports and youth affairs. The ministry was formed in 1996 as Ministry of Sports and organized as Ministry of Health and Sports in 2016. In 2021, following the formation of a caretaker government, the ministry was reorganized as Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. The current union minister is Min Thein Zan, appointed by SAC Chairman Min Aung Hlaing.^[2][1]

The Department of Sports and Physical Education, Department of Youth Affairs and their branches are under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Other afflications are Myanmar National Olympic Council, National Olympic Committee and Sports Federations. The Union Minister must be the chairman of National Olympic Committee. The Ministry is also responsible for stadiums in Myanmar.^[3]