Min Aung Hlaing (Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင်; born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general who is the current State Leader[citation needed] of Myanmar and Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces. He seized power after overthrowing the elected government[2] in a coup d'état on 1 February 2021.[3][4]