Aung San Oo

Aung San Oo (, born in 1943) is a Burmese American engineer who is the elder brother of politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi; the two are the only surviving children of Burmese independence leader Aung San.

Life

Aung San Oo was born in 1943. He was educated in England, attended University College London and graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. He immigrated to the United States in 1973, becoming an American citizen.

Aung San Oo has been described by the Burmese Lawyers' Council and the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma as a potential surrogate of the junta in an attempt to humiliate Aung San Suu Kyi and place her in an untenable position.

When Aung San Suu Kyi came to power in 2015, Aung San Oo started his personal website and began attacking Suu Kyi's government. On 8 October 2020, the NLD government banned Aung San Oo's website due to the spread of fake news. There was widespread speculation at the time that Aung San Oo would then sell his half-share to the junta, The Burmese Lawyers' Council describes the lawsuit as an attempt by the junta to publicly humiliate the leader of the National League for Democracy. The Burmese Government in exile claims that had Aung San Oo won his case, he would have put Aung San Suu Kyi in an extremely precarious position. In the Time article it is also reported that the junta may have used this legal manoeuvre to "back Aung San Suu Kyi into a corner", despite advice to the contrary by the visiting former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto the year before the lawsuit. As of April 2025, all auction attempts drew no bidders.

Personal life Aung San Oo is married to Lei Lei Nwe Thein (also spelled Leilei Nwe Thein), an American citizen of mixed Mon-Chinese descent from Mawlamyaing.