Back رئيس ميانمار Arabic Presidente de Myanmar AST Presidente de Birmania Spanish Liste des chefs d'État birmans French נשיא מיאנמר HE म्यान्मार के राष्ट्रपति Hindi Daftar Presiden Myanmar ID ミャンマーの大統領 Japanese Presidhèn Myanmar JV მიანმარის პრეზიდენტი Georgian
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| President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar | |
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| ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ | |
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| Style | His Excellency (formal) |
| Type | Head of state |
| Member of | Cabinet (normally) National Defence and Security Council |
| Residence | Presidential Palace[note 1] |
| Seat | Naypyidaw |
| Nominator | Assembly of the Union |
| Appointer | Presidential Electoral College |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Myanmar |
| Precursor | Governor of Burma |
| Formation | 4 January 1948 |
| First holder | Sao Shwe Thaik |
| Deputy | Vice President |
| Salary | K5 million/US$ 2,380 per month[2] |
| Website | www |
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 Myanmar portal |
The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ; MLCTS: nuing ngam tau samma.ta.) is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar.[3] The president chairs the National Defence and Security Council and normally leads the Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government, though the military prime minister leads the cabinet under the current state of emergency. The current president is Myint Swe, who assumed the presidency through a military coup d'état on 1 February 2021.[4][5][6][7][8] Though a constitutionally powerful position, the presidency is a largely symbolic post under the current military government, with Myint Swe appearing only to rubber-stamp military rule.[9][8]
The president is elected by members of parliament, not by the general population; specifically the Presidential Electoral College, a three-committee body composed of members of parliament, elects the president.[10] Each of the three committees, made up of Amyotha Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw members of parliament, or military-appointed lawmakers, nominates a candidate for presidency.[10]
After the 2015 election, the extraconstitutional post of State Counsellor of Myanmar was created for Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the majority party, the National League for Democracy, because she was ineligible for the presidency. She served as the de facto head of government until she was deposed in the 2021 coup d'état by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing, who created the extraconstitutional posts of chairman of the State Administration Council and prime minister for himself to lead the government.
- ^ "Min Aung Hlaing's Mania for the Presidency Is Alive and Well—and May Soon Bear Fruit". The Irrawaddy. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Right after the coup, [Min Aung Hlaing] moved straight into the Presidential Residence.
- ^ "NLD cuts salaries of MPS, ministers, saves nearly K6b". 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Junta Watch: Old Faces Reappear, Coup Leader Declares Himself Buddhism's Savior and More". The Irrawaddy. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Myanmar coup: who are the military figures running the country?". The Guardian. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Milko, Victoria (1 February 2021). "Why is the military taking control in the Myanmar coup?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Myanmar Military Seizes Power". The Irrawaddy. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Milko, Victoria; Kurtenbach, Elaine (1 February 2021). "A decade after junta's end, Myanmar military back in control". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b Khine Lin Kyaw (31 July 2022). "Myanmar Extends State of Emergency For Six Months Until February". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Junta Watch: Old Faces Reappear, Coup Leader Declares Himself Buddhism's Savior and More". The Irrawaddy. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "FACTBOX – Myanmar's new political structure". Reuters. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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