Chief ministers of states and regions of Myanmar explained

Post:	Chief Ministers
Body:	the States and Regions of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Flag:	Flag of Myanmar.svg
Insignia:	State seal of Myanmar.svg
Insigniacaption:	State Seal of Burma
Type:	Heads of the sub-governments
Style:	H.E.
Member Of:	State and Region Hluttaws
Nominator:	President of Myanmar
Appointer:	President of Myanmar
Termlength:	5 years
Constituting Instrument:	Constitution of Myanmar

The Region Chief Minister (Burmese: တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ်) or State Chief Minister (Burmese: ပြည်နယ်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်) serves as the chief executive of each of the respective regional or state governments of Myanmar.^[1] According to the Constitution of Myanmar, the Chief Minister is responsible for forming the state and regional governments, and for signing and promulgating bills approved by the State and Region Hluttaws.^[1]

Qualifications

Chief Ministers must be at least 35 years old and meet the eligibility criteria for Pyithu Hluttaw representatives. They are appointed by the President of Myanmar.^[1] Chief Ministers must be selected from representatives of the respective regional or state assemblies as prescribed in the constitution, although a notable exception to this ruling was the appointment of General Maung Maung Ohn as the Chief Minister of Rakhine State in June 2014.^[2]

Government office

The Region or State Administration Department functions as the Region or State government. The Region or State Department of General Administration is also the office of the Region or State Mission.^[3]

Current chief ministers

Division	Name	Start date	Political party
Ayeyarwady Region	Tin Maung Win	1 August 2021
Bago Region	Myo Swe Win
Magway Region	Tint Lwin
Mandalay Region	Myo Aung	1 February 2023
Sagaing Region	Myat Kyaw	1 August 2021
Taninthayi Region	Myat Ko
Yangon Region	Soe Thein
Chin State	Wong Hsun Htan	19 August 2022
Kachin State	Khet Htain Nan	1 August 2021
Kayah State	Zaw Myo Tin	1 February 2022
Kayin State	Saw Myint Oo	1 August 2021
Mon State	Zaw Lin Htun
Rakhine State	Aung Kyaw Min
Shan State	Kyaw Htun

List of chief ministers

Ayeyarwady Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Thein Aung	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Mahn Johnny	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	9 January 2018	align=center		National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Hla Moe Aung	align=center		align=center	18 January 2018	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		Htin Kyaw
	4	align=center	Tin Maung Win	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Bago Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Nyan Win	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Win Thein	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Myo Swe Win	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Magway Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Phone Maw Shwe	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Aung Moe Nyo	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Tint Lwin	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Mandalay Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Ye Myint	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Zaw Myint Maung	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Maung Ko	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	1 February 2023	align=center		Military	Min Aung Hlaing
	4	align=center	Myo Aung	align=center		align=center	1 February 2023	align=center	Incumbent	align=center

Sagaing Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Tha Aye	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Myint Naing	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Myat Kyaw	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Tanintharyi Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Khin Zaw	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	6 January 2012	align=center		Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Myat Ko	align=center		align=center	27 January 2012	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		Thein Sein
	3	align=center	Lae Lae Maw	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	11 March 2019	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	–	align=center	Kyaw Zaya	align=center		align=center	10 March 2019	align=center	11 March 2019	align=center		align=center	Military
	4	align=center	Myint Maung	align=center		align=center	11 March 2019 (acting) 26 March 2019	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Win Myint
	5	align=center	Myat Ko	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Min Aung Hlaing

Yangon Region

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Myint Swe	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Phyo Min Thein	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Hla Soe	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	1 February 2022	align=center		Military	Min Aung Hlaing
	4	align=center	Soe Thein	align=center		align=center	1 February 2022	align=center	Incumbent	align=center

Chin State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Hong Ngai	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Salai Lian Luai	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Ngun San Aung	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	19 August 2022	align=center		Military	Min Aung Hlaing
	4	align=center	Wong Hsun Htan	align=center		align=center	19 August 2022	align=center	Incumbent	align=center

Kachin State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	La John Ngan Hsai	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Khet Aung	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	2	align=center	Khet Htain Nan	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Kayah State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Khin Maung Oo	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	L Phaung Sho	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	3 September 2020	align=center		National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	–	align=center	Boss Ko	align=center		align=center	3 September 2020	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		Win Myint
	3	align=center	Khin Maung Oo	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	31 January 2022	align=center		Military	Min Aung Hlaing
	4	align=center	Zaw Myo Tin	align=center		align=center	31 January 2022	align=center	29 November 2023^[4]	align=center		Min Aung Hlaing

Kayin State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Zaw Min	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Nang Khin Htwe Myint	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Saw Myint Oo	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Mon State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Ohn Myint	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Min Min Oo	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	23 February 2017	align=center		National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Aye Zan	align=center		align=center	1 March 2017	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		Htin Kyaw
	4	align=center	Zaw Lin Htun	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Rakhine State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Hla Maung Tin	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	20 June 2014	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Maung Maung Ohn	align=center		align=center	25 June 2014	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Military	Thein Sein
	3	align=center	Nyi Pu	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	4	align=center	Aung Kyaw Min	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Shan State

		Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Appointer
	1	align=center	Aung Myat	align=center		align=center	30 March 2011	align=center	30 March 2016	align=center		align=center	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
	2	align=center	Linn Htut	align=center		align=center	30 March 2016	align=center	1 February 2021	align=center		align=center	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
	3	align=center	Kyaw Htun	align=center		align=center	1 August 2021	align=center	Incumbent	align=center		align=center	Military	Min Aung Hlaing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 2008. Ministry of Information. 9 July 2015.
2. News: General Appointed Rakhine Chief Minister, Govt Tells Local MPs. 2014-06-25. The Irrawaddy. 2017-12-27. en-US.
3. Web site: State and Region Chief Ministers.
4. Web site: Junta's Administration Ousted from Karenni State- Loikaw still a war-zone .