Speaker of the House of Nationalities explained

Post:Speaker
Body:Amyotha Hluttaw
Insignia:File:State seal of Myanmar.svg
Insigniacaption:State Seal of Burma
Incumbent:Vacant[1]
Incumbentsince:31 January 2021
Style:H.E.
Member Of:Amyotha Hluttaw
Nominator:Amyotha Hluttaw
Appointer:Amyotha Hluttaw
Termlength:5 years
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Burma
Formation:2011
First:Khin Aung Myint
Deputy:Deputy Speaker
Salary:K3.5 million / month[2]

The Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw (Burmese: အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် ဥက္ကဌ) is the presiding officer or Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the de jure upper house of the bicameral legislature of Myanmar.[3]

List of speakers of the House of Nationalities

width=80 rowspan=2 PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical partyAssembly
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Khin Aung Myint
(b. 1945)
31 January 2011 29 January 2016 Union Solidarity and Development Party1st
2 Mahn Win Khaing Than
(b. 1951)
3 February 2016 31 January 2021 National League for Democracy2nd

List of deputy speaker of House of Nationalities

width=80 rowspan=2 PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical partyAssembly
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 31 January 2011 29 January 2016 Union Solidarity and Development Party1st
2 Aye Thar Aung
(b. 1945)
3 February 2016 31 January 2021 Arakan National Party2nd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amid Coup, Myanmar's NLD Lawmakers Form Committee to Serve as Legitimate Parliament . The Irrawaddy . 7 April 2021 . 8 February 2021.
  2. Web site: NLD cuts salaries of MPS, ministers, saves nearly K6b. 25 February 2019. 12 January 2020. 30 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211130102708/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/nld-cuts-salaries-mps-ministers-saves-nearly-k6b.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 2008. Ministry of Information. 9 July 2015.