Mayor of Yangon

Mayor of the City of Yangon
ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်
Incumbent
Myo Myint Aung
since 10 April 2026
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofYangon City Development Committee
NominatorChief Minister of Yangon Region
Appointer
Term length
  • 5 years

The Mayor of Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်) is the head of Yangon's government. The mayor concurrently serves as the chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee and a municipal minister of Yangon Region Government.

History

The office of the mayor and the municipal government of Rangoon were established by the British colonial government in 1874 per the Act of 1874, Article 7. The charter of the municipal government was changed per the Burma Act of 1898, and again updated per the City of Rangoon Municipal Act of August 1922.

Presidents of the Rangoon Municipal Committee (1874–1922)

Presidents of the Rangoon Municipal Committee
No. Name Took office Left office Time in office
1 R. C. Evanson 1 August 1874 4 April 1875 246 days
2 L. McIver 5 April 1875 19 June 1876 1 year, 75 days
3 C. H. E. Adamson 20 June 1876 10 February 1877 235 days
4 R. C. Evanson 11 February 1877 10 September 1881 4 years, 211 days
5 M. C. Poole 11 September 1881 22 March 1882 192 days
6 K. G. Burne 23 March 1882 27 June 1882 96 days
7 M. C. Poole 28 June 1882 21 February 1883 238 days
8 S. Hare 22 February 1883 11 July 1883 139 days
9 H. R. Spearman 12 July 1883 11 January 1884 183 days
10 C. H. E. Adamson 12 January 1884 7 December 1885 1 year, 329 days
11 J. Thompson 8 December 1885 11 January 1886 34 days
12 H. R. Spearman 12 January 1886 29 February 1888 2 years, 48 days
13 D. Norton 1 March 1888 7 February 1891 2 years, 343 days
14 R. C. Temple 18 February 1891 8 August 1892 1 year, 172 days
15 J. M. Macrea 9 August 1892 23 December 1892 136 days
16 R. C. Temple 24 December 1892 18 December 1893 359 days
17 G. M. S. Carter 19 December 1893 18 January 1894 30 days
18 R. C. Temple 19 January 1894 3 March 1894 43 days
19 W. T. Hall 4 March 1894 18 July 1895 1 year, 136 days
20 C. A. Cresswell 19 July 1895 30 December 1895 164 days
21 W. T. Hall 31 December 1895 10 April 1896 101 days
22 H. L. Eales 11 April 1896 13 December 1896 246 days
23 W. T. Hall 14 December 1896 12 April 1897 119 days
24 H. L. Eales 11 April 1896 13 December 1896 246 days
25 W. T. Hall 14 December 1896 12 April 1897 119 days
26 H. L. Eales 13 April 1897 30 March 1899 1 year, 351 days
27 H. L. Tilly 31 March 1899 22 July 1899 113 days
28 H. L. Eales 23 July 1899 9 August 1899 17 days
29 W. H. A. St. John Leeds 10 August 1899 28 May 1903 3 years, 291 days
30 M. Laurie 29 May 1903 19 September 1903 113 days
31 W. H. A. St. John Leeds 20 September 1903 22 March 1904 184 days
32 M. Laurie 23 March 1904 15 March 1906 1 year, 357 days
33 G. W. Dawson 16 March 1906 15 September 1906 183 days
34 M. Laurie 16 September 1906 10 May 1910 3 years, 236 days
35 G. W. Dawson 17 May 1910 25 January 1911 253 days
36 W. H. L. Cabell 4 February 1911 18 March 1913 2 years, 42 days
37 Gavin Scott 19 March 1913 1 December 1913 257 days
38 W. H. L. Cabell 2 December 1913 8 January 1917 3 years, 37 days
39 Gavin Scott 9 January 1917 31 March 1920 3 years, 82 days
40 J. E. Houdley 1 April 1920 31 March 1921 364 days
41 Gavin Scott 31 March 1921 20 December 1922 1 year, 264 days

Presidents of the Rangoon Municipal Corporation (1922–1933)

Presidents of the Rangoon Municipal Corporation
No. Image Name Took office Left office Time in office
42 Peston Padamji Ginwala 21 December 1922 3 July 1923 194 days
43 Alan M. Murray 4 July 1923 31 December 1923 180 days
44 Ba Yin 8 January 1924 31 December 1924 358 days
45 Lee Ah Yain 6 January 1925 31 December 1925 359 days
46 E. M. Patail 5 January 1926 31 December 1926 360 days
47 Charles Haswell Campagnac 4 January 1927 31 December 1927 361 days
48 M. M. Ohn Ghine 6 January 1928 31 December 1928 360 days
49 M. M. Rafi 8 January 1929 31 December 1929 357 days
50 Richard Boswell Rushall 7 January 1930 31 December 1930 358 days
51 Thein Maung 6 January 1931 31 December 1931 359 days
52 Paw Tun 5 January 1932 31 December 1932 361 days
53 Raghubir Singh Dugal 6 January 1933 31 December 1933 359 days

Mayors of Rangoon (1934–1938)

Mayors of Rangoon
No. Image Name Took office Left office Time in office
54 J. K. Munshi 9 January 1934 31 December 1934 356 days
55 Kyaw Zan 8 January 1935 31 December 1935 357 days
56 M. M. Rafi 7 January 1936 31 December 1936 359 days
57 Alan M. Murray 5 January 1937 31 December 1937 360 days
58 Ba Glay 4 January 1938 31 December 1938 360 days

Mayors of Yangon (1985–present)

No. Name Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Tin Pe 1 April 1985 15 August 1986 1 year, 136 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
2 Aung Khin (politician) 15 August 1986 18 September 1988 2 years, 34 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
3 Ko Lay 18 September 1988 26 August 2003 14 years, 342 days Myanmar Military
4 Aung Thein Lin 26 August 2003 6 April 2011 7 years, 223 days Myanmar Military
5 Hla Myint 6 April 2011 6 April 2016 5 years Union Solidarity and Development Party
6 Maung Maung Soe 6 April 2016 31 January 2021 4 years, 300 days Independent
7 Bo Htay 11 February 2021 10 April 2026 5 years, 58 days Independent
8 Myo Myint Aung 10 April 2026 Incumbent 201 days

References

  1. ↑ "The City of Yangon Development Law" (PDF). The State Law and Order Restoration Council. 14 May 1990. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271
  3. ↑ "စည်ပင်ဌာနမှူးဟောင်းကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်အဖြစ် စစ်ကောင်စီခန့်အပ်" (in Burmese).