List of premiers of British Burma explained

This article lists the premiers or chancellors (Burmese: နန်းရင်းဝန်) of British Burma before independence.

Premiers (1937–1948)

N	Portrait	Name	Term of office
			Took office	Left office
1		Ba Maw	1937	1939
2		Maung Pu^[1]	1939	1940
3		U Saw^[2]	1940	1942^[3]
4		Aung San	1943	1943
(1)		Ba Maw	1943	1945
5		Sir Paw Tun^[4]	1945	1945
6		Tun Oke^[5]	1945	1946
(5)		Sir Paw Tun	1946	1946
(4)		Aung San	1946	19 July 1947^†
7		U Nu	19 July 1947	4 January 1948

See also

• Myanmar
  • Politics of Myanmar
  • List of colonial governors of Burma
  • President of Myanmar
  • List of presidents of Myanmar
  • State Counsellor of Myanmar
  • Vice President of Myanmar
• Lists of office-holders

References

• Book: De . Prabir . Raychaudhuri . Ajitava . Myanmar's Integration with the World: Challenges and Policy Options . 11 July 2017 . Springer . 978-981-10-5134-0 . en.

Notes and References

1. Taylor . Robert H. . Politics in Late Colonial Burma: The Case of U Saw . Modern Asian Studies . 28 November 2018. 10 . 2 . 161–193 . 10.1017/S0026749X00005928 . 145683629 . en . 1469-8099.
2. News: On The Day the Prime Minister of British Burma was Hanged . . 8 May 2019.
3. News: On This Day How a Prime Minister of British Burma Became a Killer . . 21 September 2019.
4. News: NEW GOVERNMENT FORMING IN BURMA; Sir Paw Tun Called Upon by Governor to Be Premier -U Saw Is Accused HAMPERED AID, IS CHARGE Ex-Premier Detained by British Said to Have Interfered With Our Help to China . . 20 January 1942 . en.
5. Book: Duiker . William J. . Review of Traditional China, A Spectrum . 159–161 . 41930042 .