Speaker of the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar explained

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.

Election

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]

List of speakers of the Assembly of the Union

width=80 rowspan=2 PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical partyAssemblyChamber
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Khin Aung Myint
(b. 1945)
31 January 2011 1 July 2013 Union Solidarity and Development Party1stAmyotha Hluttaw
2 Shwe Mann
(b. 1947)
1 July 2013 29 January 2016 Union Solidarity and Development PartyPyithu Hluttaw
3 Mahn Win Khaing Than
(b. 1951)
8 February 2016 1 August 2018 National League for Democracy2ndAmyotha Hluttaw
4 T Khun Myat
(b. 1949)
1 August 2018 Incumbent IndependentPyithu Hluttaw

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar . www.burmalibrary.org . 6 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426200820/https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs5/Myanmar_Constitution-2008-en.pdf . Apr 26, 2023 . en . 2008 . live.