List of prime ministers of Myanmar explained

This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.

Titles

Prime ministers of Burma / Myanmar (1948–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office

Union of Burma (1948–1974)

U Nu
Burmese: ဦးနု
4 January 194812 June 1956
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Ba Swe
Burmese: ဘဆွေ
12 June 19561 March 1957Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
U Nu
Burmese: ဦးနု
1 March 195729 October 1958Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Ne Win
Burmese: နေဝင်း
29 October 1958 4 April 1960Military
U Nu
Burmese: ဦးနု
4 April 19602 March 1962
Union Party
Ne Win
Burmese: နေဝင်း
2 March 19624 March 1974Military /
Burma Socialist Programme Party

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)

Sein Win
Burmese: စိန်ဝင်း
4 March 197429 March 1977Burma Socialist Programme Party
Maung Maung Kha
Burmese: မောင်မောင်ခ
29 March 197726 July 1988
Burma Socialist Programme Party
Tun Tin
Burmese: ထွန်းတင်
26 July 198818 September 1988
Burma Socialist Programme Party

Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)

Saw Maung
Burmese: စောမောင်
21 September 198823 April 1992
Military
Than Shwe
Burmese: သန်းရွှေ
23 April 199225 August 2003Military
Khin Nyunt
Burmese: ခင်ညွန့်
25 August 200318 October 2004
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Military
Soe Win
Burmese: စိုးဝင်း
19 October 200412 October 2007
Military
Thein Sein
Burmese: သိန်းစိန်
12 October 200730 March 2011Military
Union Solidarity and Development Party

Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)

Min Aung Hlaing
Burmese: မင်းအောင်လှိုင်
1 August 2021IncumbentMilitary

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: Burma's prime minister 'arrested' . BBC News . 19 October 2004.