Prime Minister of Myanmar
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 | |
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| Residence | Naypyidaw |
| Appointer | State Administration Council |
| Formation |
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| First holder | U Nu |
| Abolished | 30 March 2011 (first time) |
| Deputy | Deputy 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)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | ||||||
| 1 | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 January 1948 | 12 June 1956 (resigned.) |
8 years, 160 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
| 2 | Ba Swe ဘဆွေ (1915–1987) |
12 June 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 262 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
| (1) | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
1 March 1957 | 29 October 1958[a] | 2 years, 242 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
| 3 | 
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Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960[b] | 1 year, 158 days | Military |
| (1) | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 (deposed.) |
1 year, 332 days | Union Party | |
| (3) |
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Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1962 | 4 March 1974 | 12 years, 2 days | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | ||||||
| 4 | 
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Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993) |
4 March 1974 | 29 March 1977[c] | 3 years, 25 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 5 |
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Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995) |
29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 (resigned.) |
11 years, 119 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 6 |
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Tun Tin ထွန်းတင် (1920–2020) |
26 July 1988 | 18 September 1988 (deposed.) |
54 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011) | ||||||
| 7 |
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Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992[d] | 3 years, 215 days | Military |
| 8 | 
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Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | Military |
| 9 | 
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Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939) |
25 August 2003 | 18 October 2004[e] | 1 year, 54 days | Military |
| 10 | 
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Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007) |
19 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 (died in office.[5]) |
2 years, 358 days | Military |
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Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
12 October 2007 | 30 March 2011 | 3 years, 169 days | Military (until 29 April 2010[6]) Union Solidarity and Development Party (from 8 June 2010[6]) | |
| 11 | ||||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | ||||||
| Position vacant (31 March 2011 – 5 April 2016) | ||||||
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Aung San Suu Kyi အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် (born 1945) |
6 April 2016 | 1 February 2021 (deposed.) |
4 years, 301 days | National League for Democracy |
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Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) |
1 February 2021 [f] 1 August 2021[7] |
1 August 2021 Incumbent |
3 years, 276 days | Military |
Notes
- ↑ Handed over power to the military.
- ↑ Handed back power to the civilian government after the 1960 general election.
- ↑ Removed from office due to the economic problems of the country.
- ↑ Resigned due to health reasons.[2][3]
- ↑ Removed from office and placed under house arrest.[4]
- ↑ During this interval, Min Aung Hlaing served as de facto head of government in his position of Chairman of the State Administration Council.
References
- ↑ "Myanmar Junta Forms Caretaker Government; Min Aung Hlaing is Prime Minister" (in en). VOA. 1 August 2021. https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-forms-caretaker-government-min-aung-hlaing-prime-minister.
- ↑ Wheeler, Ned (28 July 1997). "Obituary: General Saw Maung". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-general-saw-maung-1253020.html. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Saw Maung Is Dead at 68; Led a Brutal Burmese Coup". The New York Times. 27 July 1997. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/27/world/saw-maung-is-dead-at-68-led-a-brutal-burmese-coup.html.
- ↑ "Burma's prime minister 'arrested'". BBC News. 19 October 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3755052.stm.
- ↑ "Burma prime minister Soe Win dies". BBC News. 12 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7041705.stm.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wai Moe (5 May 2010). "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP". The Irrawaddy. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18388. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ↑ Myanmar forms caretaker government: State Administration Council. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/01/c_1310100662.htm.
