Prime Minister of Myanmar

position
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The Prime Minister of Myanmar is the head of the government of Myanmar and the chief executive authority of the national government. The prime minister is also the commander in chief of the Armed Forces.

Prime Minister of Myanmar
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်
Incumbent
Min Aung Hlaing

since 1 August 2021
ResidenceNaypyidaw
AppointerState Administration Council
Formation
  • 4 January 1948 (first time)
  • 1 August 2021 (second time)
First holderU Nu
Abolished30 March 2011 (first time)
DeputyDeputy Prime minister

The office ended on 30 March 2011, according to the current Constitution of Myanmar (adopted in 2008). It said that the president is both the head of state and head of government. however, the military coup of 2021 put the Chairman of the State Administration Council into the highest position. He is the de facto head of government, and the president is now the nominal head of state.

The office was created again on 1 August 2021 with Min Aung Hlaing forming a caretaker government.[1]

Prime ministers / de facto heads of government of Burma/Myanmar (1948–present) change

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office

Union of Burma (1948–1974) change

1 U Nu
ဦးနု
(1907–1995)
4 January 194812 June 1956
(resigned.)
8 years, 160 daysAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League
2 Ba Swe
ဘဆွေ
(1915–1987)
12 June 19561 March 1957262 daysAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League
(1) U Nu
ဦးနု
(1907–1995)
1 March 195729 October 1958[a]2 years, 242 daysAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League
3 Ne Win
နေဝင်း
(1911–2002)
29 October 19584 April 1960[b]1 year, 158 daysMilitary
(1) U Nu
ဦးနု
(1907–1995)
4 April 19602 March 1962
(deposed.)
1 year, 332 daysUnion Party
(3) Ne Win
နေဝင်း
(1911–2002)
2 March 19624 March 197412 years, 2 daysMilitary /
Burma Socialist Programme Party

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) change

4 Sein Win
စိန်ဝင်း
(1919–1993)
4 March 197429 March 1977[c]3 years, 25 daysBurma Socialist Programme Party
5 Maung Maung Kha
မောင်မောင်ခ
(1920–1995)
29 March 197726 July 1988
(resigned.)
11 years, 119 daysBurma Socialist Programme Party
6 Tun Tin
ထွန်းတင်
(1920–2020)
26 July 198818 September 1988
(deposed.)
54 daysBurma Socialist Programme Party

Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011) change

7 Saw Maung
စောမောင်
(1928–1997)
21 September 198823 April 1992[d]3 years, 215 daysMilitary
8 Than Shwe
သန်းရွှေ
(born 1933)
23 April 199225 August 200311 years, 124 daysMilitary
9 Khin Nyunt
ခင်ညွန့်
(born 1939)
25 August 200318 October 2004[e]1 year, 54 daysMilitary
10 Soe Win
စိုးဝင်း
(1947–2007)
19 October 200412 October 2007
(died in office.[5])
2 years, 358 daysMilitary
Thein Sein
သိန်းစိန်
(born 1944)
12 October 200730 March 20113 years, 169 daysMilitary
(until 29 April 2010[6])
Union Solidarity and Development Party
(from 8 June 2010[6])
11

Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) change

Position vacant (31 March 2011 – 5 April 2016)
12 Aung San Suu Kyi
အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်
(born 1945)
6 April 20161 February 2021
(deposed.)
4 years, 301 daysNational League for Democracy
13 Min Aung Hlaing
မင်းအောင်လှိုင်
(born 1956)
1 February 2021 [f]
1 August 2021[7]
1 August 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 109 daysMilitary

Notes change

  1. Handed over power to the military.
  2. Handed back power to the civilian government after the 1960 general election.
  3. Removed from office due to the economic problems of the country.
  4. Resigned due to health reasons.[2][3]
  5. Removed from office and placed under house arrest.[4]
  6. During this interval, Min Aung Hlaing served as de facto head of government in his position of Chairman of the State Administration Council.

References change

  1. "Myanmar Junta Forms Caretaker Government; Min Aung Hlaing is Prime Minister". VOA. 1 August 2021.
  2. Wheeler, Ned (28 July 1997). "Obituary: General Saw Maung". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. "Saw Maung Is Dead at 68; Led a Brutal Burmese Coup". The New York Times. 27 July 1997.
  4. "Burma's prime minister 'arrested'". BBC News. 19 October 2004.
  5. "Burma prime minister Soe Win dies". BBC News. 12 October 2007.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Wai Moe (5 May 2010). "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  7. "Myanmar forms caretaker government: State Administration Council".