Post: | Deputy Prime Minister |
Body: | Myanmar |
Insignia: | State seal of Myanmar.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | State Seal of Myanmar |
Incumbent: | Soe Win, Mya Tun Oo, Tin Aung San, Win Shein,Than Swe |
Type: | Deputy head of government |
Member Of: | Cabinet |
Seat: | Naypyidaw |
Appointer: | State Administration Council[1] |
Reports To: | Prime Minister |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Constituting Instrument: | SAC Order No 152/2021 |
Formation: |
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Abolished: | (first) |
First: | Bo Let Ya |
The deputy prime minister of Myanmar is the deputy head of government of Myanmar. The current Deputy Prime Ministers are Vice Senior General Soe Win, General Mya Tun Oo, Admiral Tin Aung San, Win Shein and Than Swe.
The position of Prime Minister was created in 1948, with the adoption of the Burmese Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom. Due to the country's long period of military rule, it has not been uncommon for the prime minister to be a serving (or recently retired) military officer.
The position was abolished according to the current Constitution (adopted in 2008). It provided that the president is both the head of state and head of government.
On 1 August 2021, State Administration Council formed the caretaker government and vice chairman of SAC became Deputy Prime Minister.[2] [3]
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | |||||||
Bo Let Ya Burmese: ဗိုလ်လက်ျာ | 4 January 1948 | 14 September 1948 | Military | ||||
Kyaw Nyein Burmese: ကျော်ငြိမ်း | 14 September 1948 | 2 April 1949 | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||||
Ne Win Burmese: နေဝင်း | 2 April 1949 | 10 December 1949 | Military | ||||
Sao Hkun Hkio Burmese: စဝ်ခွန်ချို | 10 December 1949 | 29 October 1958 | Independent | ||||
Thein Maung Burmese: သိမ်းမောင် | 29 October 1958 | 27 February 1959 | Independent | ||||
Lun Baw Burmese: လွန်းဘော် | 27 February 1959 | 4 April 1960 | Independent | ||||
Sao Hkun Hkio Burmese: စဝ်ခွန်ချို | 4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 | Independent | ||||
Socialist Republic of Union of Burma (1974–1988) | |||||||
U Lwin Burmese: ဦးလွင် | 2 March 1974[4] | 29 March 1977 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
Tun Tin Burmese: ထွန်းတင် | 29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
Thura Kyaw Htin Burmese: သူရကျော်ထင် | 9 November 1981 | 18 September 1988 | Military Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
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Union of Burma /Myanmar (1988–2011) | |||||||
Than Shwe Burmese: သန်းရွှေ | 21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 | Military | ||||
Khin Maung Yin Burmese: ခင်မောင်ရင် | 17 July 1995[5] | 15 November 1997 | Military | ||||
Maung Maung Khin Burmese: မောင်မောင်ခင် | 15 November 1997[6] | 25 August 2003 | Military | ||||
Tun Tin Burmese: တင်ထွန်း | 15 November 1997 | 25 August 2003 | Military | ||||
Tin Hla Burmese: တင်လှ | 14 November 1998 | 14 November 2001 | Military | ||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | |||||||
Soe Win Burmese: စိုးဝင်း | 1 August 2021 | Incumbent | Military | ||||
Mya Tun Oo Burmese: မြထွန်းဦး | 1 February 2023 | Incumbent | Military | ||||
Tin Aung San Burmese: တင်အောင်စန်း | 1 February 2023 | Incumbent | Military | ||||
Soe Htut Burmese: စိုးထွဋ် | 1 February 2023 | 25 September 2023[7] | Military | ||||
Win Shein Burmese: ဝင်းရှိန် | 1 February 2023 | Incumbent | Independent | ||||
Than Swe Burmese: သန်းဆွေ | 3 August 2023[8] | Incumbent | Independent |