List_of_prime_ministers_of_Myanmar
This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
- 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
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 1 year, 242 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
| 3 | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960[lower-alpha 2] | 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) | 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 | Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993) |
4 March 1974 | 29 March 1977[lower-alpha 3] | 3 years, 25 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
| 5 | Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995) |
29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 (resigned.) |
11 years, 119 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
| 6 | 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 | Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (deposed.)[lower-alpha 4] |
3 years, 215 days | Military | |
| 8 | Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | Military | |
| 9 | Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939) |
25 August 2003 | 18 October 2004 (deposed.)[3] |
1 year, 54 days | Military | |
| 10 | Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007) |
19 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 (died in office.[4]) |
2 years, 358 days | Military | |
| 11 | Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
12 October 2007 | 30 March 2011 | 3 years, 169 days | Military (until 29 April 2010[5]) | |
| Union Solidarity and Development Party (from 8 June 2010[5]) | ||||||
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 | 2 years, 259 days | Military | |
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- Politics of Myanmar
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- 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
- 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.
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- Wai Moe (5 May 2010). "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 22 August 2011.