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This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar ( also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | ||||||
1 |
U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 January 1948 | 12 June 1956 ( resigned.) |
8 years, 160 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
2 |
Ba Swe ဘဆွေ (1915–1987) |
12 June 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 262 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
(1) |
U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
1 March 1957 | 29 October 1958 [a] | 1 year, 242 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
3 |
Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960 [b] | 1 year, 158 days | Military | |
(1) |
U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) |
4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 ( deposed.) |
1 year, 332 days | Union Party | |
(3) |
Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1962 | 4 March 1974 | 12 years, 2 days |
Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | ||||||
4 |
Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993) |
4 March 1974 | 29 March 1977 [c] | 3 years, 25 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
5 |
Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995) |
29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 ( resigned.) |
11 years, 119 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
6 |
Tun Tin ထွန်းတင် (1920–2020) |
26 July 1988 | 18 September 1988 ( deposed.) |
54 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) | ||||||
7 |
Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (deposed.) [d] |
3 years, 215 days | Military | |
8 |
Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | Military | |
9 |
Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939) |
25 August 2003 | 18 October 2004 (deposed.) [3] |
1 year, 54 days | Military | |
10 |
Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007) |
19 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 (died in office. [4]) |
2 years, 358 days | Military | |
11 |
Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
12 October 2007 | 30 March 2011 | 3 years, 169 days |
Military (until 29 April 2010 [5]) | |
Union Solidarity and Development Party (from 8 June 2010 [5]) | ||||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | ||||||
Position abolished (30 March 2011 – 1 August 2021) | ||||||
12 |
Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) |
1 August 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 270 days | Military |