Post: | Mayor |
Body: | the City of Yangon |
Native Name: | ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန် |
Incumbent: | Bo Htay |
Incumbentsince: | 11 February 2021 |
Style: | His/Her Excellency |
Member Of: | Yangon City Development Committee |
Nominator: | Chief Minister of Yangon Region |
Appointer: | President of Myanmar |
Termlength: | 5 years |
The Mayor of Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်) is the head of Yangon's government. The mayor concurrently serves as the chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee.[1]
The office of the mayor and the municipal government of Rangoon were established by the British colonial government in 1874 per the Act of 1874, Article 7. The charter of the municipal government was changed per the Burma Act of 1898, and again updated per the City of Rangoon Municipal Act of August 1922.[2]
The following is a list of mayors of Yangon, Myanmar.
Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Tin Pe | 1 April 1985 | 15 August 1986 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |||
Aung Khin (politician) | 15 August 1986 | 18 September 1988 | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |||
Ko Lay | 18 September 1988 | 26 August 2003 | Myanmar Military | |||
Aung Thein Lin | 26 August 2003 | 6 April 2011 | Myanmar Military | |||
Hla Myint | 6 April 2011 | 6 April 2016 | years | Union Solidarity and Development Party | ||
Maung Maung Soe | 6 April 2016 | 31 January 2021 | Independent | |||
Bo Htay | 11 February 2021[3] | current | Independent |