President of Myanmar
head of state and head of government of Burma
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.
| President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ | |
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 State seal of Myanmar | |
| Style | His Excellency (formal) |
| Member of | Cabinet 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 of Myanmar |
| Salary | K5 million / month[1] |
| Website | www |
The president is elected by members of parliament, not by the general population. The Presidential Electoral College, a three committee body, elects the president.[2]
Presidents of Burma/Myanmar (1948–present)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 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[a] | 4 years, 354 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| — | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) | 2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | 12 years, 0 days | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | ||||||
| 4 | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) | 2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981[b] | 7 years, 252 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
| 5 | .svg) | San Yu စန်းယု (1918–1996) | 9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988[c] | 6 years, 261 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 6 | | Sein Lwin စိန်လွင် (1923–2004) | 27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988[c] | 16 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| — | | Aye Ko အေးကို (1921–2006) Acting President | 12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | 7 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 7 | | Maung Maung မောင်မောင် (1925–1994) | 19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988[d] | 30 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011) | ||||||
| — | Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) | 18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992[e] | 3 years, 218 days | Military | |
| — |  | Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) | 23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011[f] | 18 years, 341 days | Military |
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | ||||||
| 8 |  | Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1945) | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| 9 |  | Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (born 1946) | 30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 | 1 year, 356 days | National League for Democracy |
| — | Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting President | 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 | 2 years, 307 days | National League for Democracy |
| — | Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting President | 1 February 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 88 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
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