This article lists the presidents of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | |||||||
| Sao Shwe Thaik Burmese: စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် | 4 January 1948 | 16 March 1952 | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||||
| Ba U Burmese: ဘဦး | 16 March 1952 | 13 March 1957 | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||||
| Win Maung Burmese: ဝင်းမောင် | 13 March 1957 | 2 March 1962 | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League / Union Party | ||||
| Samaduwa Sinhwanaung Burmese: ဆမားဒူးဝါး ဆင်ဝါးနောင် | Did not take office | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League / Union Party | |||||
| Ne Win Burmese: နေဝင်း | 2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | years | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party | |||
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | |||||||
| Ne Win Burmese: နေဝင်း | 2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
| San Yu Burmese: စန်းယု | 9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
| Sein Lwin Burmese: စိန်လွင် | 27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
| Aye Ko Burmese: အေးကို | 12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
| Maung Maung Burmese: မောင်မောင် | 19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||||
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) | |||||||
| Saw Maung Burmese: စောမောင် | 18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 | Military | ||||
| Than Shwe Burmese: သန်းရွှေ | 23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011 | Military | ||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | |||||||
| Thein Sein Burmese: သိန်းစိန် | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | years | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |||
| Htin Kyaw Burmese: ထင်ကျော် | 30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 | National League for Democracy | ||||
| Myint Swe Burmese: မြင့်ဆွေ | 21 March 2018 | 30 March 2018 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||||
| Win Myint Burmese: ဝင်းမြင့် | 30 March 2018 | 1 February 2021 | National League for Democracy | ||||
| Myint Swe Burmese: မြင့်ဆွေ | 1 February 2021 | 22 July 2024 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||||
| Min Aung Hlaing Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင် | 22 July 2024 | Incumbent | Military | ||||