Mayor of Yangon explained

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]

History

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]

List

The following is a list of mayors of Yangon, Myanmar.

NameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Tin Pe1 April 198515 August 1986Burma Socialist Programme Party
Aung Khin (politician)15 August 198618 September 1988Burma Socialist Programme Party
Ko Lay18 September 198826 August 2003Myanmar Military
Aung Thein Lin26 August 20036 April 2011Myanmar Military
Hla Myint6 April 20116 April 2016 years Union Solidarity and Development Party
Maung Maung Soe6 April 201631 January 2021Independent
Bo Htay11 February 2021[3] current Independent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The City of Yangon Development Law. 14 May 1990. The State Law and Order Restoration Council . 15 November 2016.
  2. Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271
  3. Web site: စည်ပင်ဌာနမှူးဟောင်းကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်အဖြစ် စစ်ကောင်စီခန့်အပ်. my.