Post: | Speaker |
Body: | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
Insignia: | File:State seal of Myanmar.svg |
Insigniacaption: | State Seal of Burma |
Incumbent: | T Khun Myat |
Incumbentsince: | 1 August 2018 |
Style: | H.E. |
Member Of: | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
Nominator: | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
Appointer: | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
Termlength: | 30 months |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Myanmar |
Formation: | 2011 |
First: | Khin Aung Myint |
Deputy: | Tun Tun Hein Deputy Speaker |
The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် နာယက) is the presiding officer of the Assembly of the Union, the joint assembly of the bicameral legislature of Myanmar.
After the completion of an election cycle, the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw convene their first sessions, during which the speakers and deputy speakers of both Houses are elected from among the representatives of the respective assemblies.
Upon the election of the speakers and deputy speakers of the two Houses, under the Constitution of Myanmar, the speaker and deputy speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw automatically fill in the role of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Union Assembly for a term of no more than 30 months, or half the parliamentary term, following which the speaker and deputy speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw continue as speaker and deputy speaker of the Union Assembly for the remainder of the parliamentary term.[1]
№ | width=80 rowspan=2 | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term of office | Political party | Assembly | Chamber | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Khin Aung Myint (b. 1945) | 31 January 2011 | 1 July 2013 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | 1st | Amyotha Hluttaw | |||
2 | Shwe Mann (b. 1947) | 1 July 2013 | 29 January 2016 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | Pyithu Hluttaw | ||||
3 | Mahn Win Khaing Than (b. 1951) | 8 February 2016 | 1 August 2018 | National League for Democracy | 2nd | Amyotha Hluttaw | |||
4 | T Khun Myat (b. 1949) | 1 August 2018 | Incumbent | Independent | Pyithu Hluttaw |