List of prime ministers of Myanmar
- Top left: U Nu was the first prime minister of the Union of Burma.
- Top right: Ne Win turned the Union into a socialist military dictatorship.
- Bottom left: Thein Sein is considered as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.
- Botton right: Min Aung Hlaing is the current prime minister.
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This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
Titles
- 1948–1962: Prime Minister of the Union of Burma
- 1962–1974: Chairman of the Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma
- 1974–1988: Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
- 1988–2011: Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar
- 2021 : Chairman of the Management Committee of the State Administration Council of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- 2021–present: Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
List of officeholders
- Political parties
Union Party (Clean AFPFL)
- Other affiliations
| No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Term of office | President | Political party | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | |||||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | |||||||||
| 1 | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 January 1948 | 12 June 1956 | 8 years, 160 days | Sao Shwe Thaik (1948–1952) Ba U (1952–1956) |
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |||
| 2 | Ba Swe ဘဆွေ (1915–1987) |
12 June 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 262 days | Ba U | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |||
| (1) | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
1 March 1957 | 29 October 1958 | 1 year, 242 days | Mahn Win Maung | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |||
| 3 | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960 | 1 year, 158 days | Mahn Win Maung | Military | |||
| (1) | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 | 1 year, 332 days | Mahn Win Maung | Union Party (Clean AFPFL) |
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| (3) | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1962 | 4 March 1974 | 12 years, 2 days | Ne Win (as military head) | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | |||||||||
| 4 | Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993) |
4 March 1974 | 29 March 1977 | 3 years, 25 days | Ne Win | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |||
| 5 | Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995) |
29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 | 11 years, 119 days | Ne Win San Yu (1981–1988) |
Burma Socialist Programme Party | |||
| 6 | Tun Tin ထွန်းတင် (1920–2020) |
26 July 1988 | 18 September 1988 | 54 days | Sein Lwin / Maung Maung (1988) | Burma Socialist Programme Party | [1] | ||
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) | |||||||||
| 7 | Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 | 3 years, 215 days | Saw Maung (also President) | Military | [2] | ||
| 8 | Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | Than Shwe (also SPDC Chairman) | Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association | |||
| 9 | Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939) |
25 August 2003 | 18 October 2004 | 1 year, 54 days | Than Shwe | Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association | [3] | ||
| 10 | Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007) |
19 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 | 2 years, 358 days | Than Shwe | Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association | [4] | ||
| 11 | Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
12 October 2007 | 7 November 2010 | 3 years, 26 days | Than Shwe | Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association | [5] | ||
| Union Solidarity and Development Party | |||||||||
| Position vacant (7 November 2010 – 30 March 2011) | |||||||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | |||||||||
| Position abolished (30 March 2011 – 1 August 2021) | |||||||||
| 12 | Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) |
1 August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 344 days | Myint Swe (2021–2024) Min Aung Hlaing (2024–present) |
Military | [6] | ||
Timeline
See also
- Politics of Myanmar
- History of Myanmar
- List of Burmese monarchs
- List of heads of state of Myanmar
- List of colonial governors of Burma
- List of premiers of British Burma
- President of Myanmar
- Vice-President of Myanmar
- Prime Minister of Myanmar
- Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar
- State Counsellor of Myanmar
- Chairman of the State Administration Council
Notes
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Burma's prime minister 'arrested'". 19 October 2004.
- ^ "Burma prime minister Soe Win dies". 12 October 2007.
- ^ "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP".
- ^ "Myanmar military leader takes new title of prime minister in caretaker government – state media". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.