President of Myanmar
| President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ | |
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| Style | Mr. President (informal) His Excellency (formal) |
| Type | Head of state |
| Member of | Cabinet (normally) National Defence and Security Council |
| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Seat | Naypyidaw |
| Nominator | Assembly of the Union |
| Appointer | Presidential Electoral College |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Myanmar |
| Precursor | Governor of Burma |
| Formation | 4 January 1948 |
| First holder | Sao Shwe Thaik |
| Deputy | Vice President |
| Salary | K5 million/US$ 2,385 per month |
| Website | www |
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The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ; MLCTS: nuing ngam tau samma.ta.) is the head of state and head of government of Myanmar.
The president is elected by members of parliament, not by the general population. The Presidential Electoral College, a three committee body, elects the president.
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Other affiliations
- Status
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Term of office | Political party | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | ||||||||
| 1 |  |
Sao Shwe Thaik စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် (1895–1962) |
4 January 1948 | 16 March 1952 | 4 years, 72 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||
| 2 |  |
Ba U ဘဦး (1887–1963) |
16 March 1952 | 13 March 1957 | 4 years, 362 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||
| 3 |  |
Win Maung ဝင်းမောင် (1916–1989) |
13 March 1957 | 2 March 1962 (Deposed in a coup) |
4 years, 354 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (Union Karen League) |
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| — |  |
Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | 12 years | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | ||||||||
| 4 | |
Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981 (Resigned) |
7 years, 252 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
| 5 |  |
San Yu စန်းယု (1918–1996) |
9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988 (Resigned) |
6 years, 261 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
| 6 |  |
Sein Lwin စိန်လွင် (1923–2004) |
27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988 (Resigned) |
16 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
| — | |
Aye Ko အေးကို (1921–2006) |
12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | 7 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
| 7 | |
Maung Maung မောင်မောင် (1925–1994) |
19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 (Deposed in a coup) |
30 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) | ||||||||
| — | |
Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (Deposed) |
3 years, 218 days | Military | ||
| — |  |
Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011 | 18 years, 341 days | Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association |
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Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | ||||||||
| 8 |  |
Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||
| 9 |  |
Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (born 1946) |
30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 (Resigned) |
1 year, 356 days | National League for Democracy | ||
| — | |
Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (1951–2025) |
21 March 2018 | 30 March 2018 | 9 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||
| 10 |  |
Win Myint ဝင်းမြင့် (born 1951) |
30 March 2018 | 1 February 2021 (Deposed in a coup) |
2 years, 308 days | National League for Democracy | ||
| — | |
Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (1951–2025) |
1 February 2021 | 22 July 2024 | 3 years, 172 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||
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Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) |
22 July 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 108 days | Military | ||
Notes
- ↑ Resigned for health reasons, de facto deposed by rival generals.
- ↑ Handed over power to the civilian government after the 2010 general election.
- ↑ Took medical leave since 18 June 2024, and formally handed over power to Chairman of the State Administration Council on 22 July 2024.
References
- ↑ "NLD cuts salaries of MPS, ministers, saves nearly K6b". 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ "FACTBOX – Myanmar's new political structure". Reuters. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ↑ "Burmese Military Officially Takes Reins Of Power". The New York Times. 19 September 1988.
- ↑ "Burmese Military Ousts Chief, Citing Illness". The New York Times. 24 April 1992.
- ↑ "Saw Maung Is Dead at 68; Led a Brutal Burmese Coup". The New York Times. 27 July 1997.
- ↑ Wheeler, Ned (28 July 1997). "Obituary: General Saw Maung". The Independent. London.
- ↑ "President sworn in, junta dissolved- DVB Multimedia Group". Dvb.no. 2011-03-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ↑ "Myanmar Lawmakers Name Htin Kyaw President, Affirming Civilian Rule". The New York Times. 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president". Deutsche Welle. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- 1 2 "The leader of Myanmar's army government is named acting president so he can renew state of emergency". Associated Press. 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
