Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Army

Commander-in-Chief of the Army
ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (ကြည်း) (Burmese)
Flag of the Commander in Chief of Myanmar Army
Incumbent
Vice-Senior General Soe Win
since 1 April 2011
 Myanmar Army
Reports toCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services
AppointerPresident of Myanmar
Term lengthNo fixed length
PrecursorVice Chief of Staff (Army)
Formation4 January 1948
First holderSaw Kyar Doe

The Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Army, officially the Commander-in-Chief (Army) (Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (ကြည်း)), is the highest ranking military officer of the Myanmar Army. Up until 1990, Myanmar Armed Forces has Chief of Staff system and the army was led by Vice Chief of Staff (Army) (ဒုတိယကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (ကြည်းတပ်)). A new system was introduced in 1990 during Armed Forces reorganisation and all three branches of Armed Forces are now led by the Commander-in-Chief.[1] The Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Army also traditionally serves as Deputy Commander-in-Chief.[2]

  1. ^ Selth, Andrew (2002): Burma's Armed Forces: Power Without Glory, Eastbridge. ISBN 1-891936-13-1
  2. ^ Maung Aung Myoe (1999). Building the Tatmadaw. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 73. ISBN 9780731527427.

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