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The '''vice-presidents of Myanmar''' (also known as Burma) are the second highest-ranking posts in the government of the [[Myanmar|Republic of the Union of Myanmar]].<ref name="Constitution">{{cite journal|title=Chapter III - The President and Vice-Presidents|journal=Constitution of Myanmar|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs5/Myanmar_Constitution-2008-en.pdf|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> The offices were established by the [[Constitution of Myanmar|2008 Myanmar constitution]] and rank directly below the [[President of Myanmar|president]]. The offices came into effect on 30 March 2011, when the new government assumed ''de jure'' power and essentially function in the same manner as any other deputy head of state. There are two vice-presidential posts in the government,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-21|title=Myanmar's president, a close friend of Suu Kyi, retires|url=https://apnews.com/article/b170133c2b774011b31608a92372b03c|access-date=2021-03-18|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> but no distinction is officially made between them. It can be assumed that the posts follow the order of seniority, much like the ones practised by the [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]].
The '''vice-presidents of Myanmar''' (also known as Burma) are the second highest-ranking posts in the government of the [[Myanmar|Republic of the Union of Myanmar]].<ref name="Constitution">{{cite journal|title=Chapter III - The President and Vice-Presidents|journal=Constitution of Myanmar|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs5/Myanmar_Constitution-2008-en.pdf|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> The offices were established by the [[Constitution of Myanmar|2008 Myanmar constitution]] and rank directly below the [[President of Myanmar|president]]. The offices came into effect on 30 March 2011, when the new government assumed ''de jure'' power and essentially function in the same manner as any other deputy head of state. There are two vice-presidential posts in the government,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-21|title=Myanmar's president, a close friend of Suu Kyi, retires|url=https://apnews.com/article/b170133c2b774011b31608a92372b03c|access-date=2021-03-18|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>


==Vice-Presidents in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma==
==Vice-Presidents in Union of Burma (1948–1952)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
The position of Vice President of [[Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma]] was created in 1985 by two changes in the [[Constitution of Burma]] and in the basic law of the [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6sUDb06Di4C |title = The Far East and Australasia 1995|isbn = 9781857430004|last1 = 26Th|first1 = 1995|year = 1994}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |N
! rowspan="2" width="100px" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name
! colspan="2" | Term of office
|-
! Took office
! Left office
|-
|1
| [[File:Ba Maw, 1943.jpg |100px]]
| [[Ba Maw]]
| 4 January 1948
| 16 March 1952
|-
|}


==Vice Chairmen==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" width="100px" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| [[President of Myanmar|President(s)]]
! rowspan="2" | Additional position(s)
! rowspan=2| Notes
|-
|-
! Took office
! Took office
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! Time in office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|1}}
| [[File:Ne Win 1962.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| '''[[Aye Ko]]'''<br />{{small|(1921–2006)}}
| [[Ne Win]]<br />{{lang|my|နေဝင်း}}<br />{{small|(1911–2002)}}
| 4 July 1962
| December 1985
| 27 July 1988
| 2 March 1974
| rowspan=3| {{Age in years and months|1985|12|1|1988|9|18}}
| {{Age in years and days|1962|7|4|1988|7|23}}
| Chairman of the [[Union Revolutionary Council]] and Prime Minister (1962–1974)<br />President (1974–1981)
| rowspan=3| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party|BSPP]]
| [[San Yu]]
| rowspan=3| <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015073049077|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015073049077|title = Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Aug 1986|year = 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435024019804|hdl = 2027/osu.32435024019804|title = Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1988July-Dec.|year = 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MbMq8JApboC |title = The Europa year book|isbn = 9780946653416|last1 = Limited|first1 = Europa Publications|date = March 1988}}</ref>
|-
|-
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==Vice-Presidents in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma==
The position of Vice President of [[Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma]] was created in 1974 by two changes in the [[Constitution of Burma]] and in the basic law of the [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]].
===Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" width="100px" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|1}}
|
| [[Ne Win]]<br />{{lang|my|နေဝင်း}}<br />{{small|(1911–2002)}}
| ''2 March 1974''
| 9 November 1981<br />{{small|(''[[1981 Burmese general election|resigned]].'')}}
| {{Age in years and days|1974|3|2|1981|11|9}}
| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|2}}
| [[File:Gen San Yu.jpg|100px]]
| [[San Yu]]<br />{{lang|my|စန်းယု}}<br />{{small|(1918–1996)}}
| 9 November 1981
| 27 July 1988<br />{{small|(''[[8888 Uprising|resigned]].'')}}
| {{Age in years and days|1981|11|9|1988|7|27}}
| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|3}}
| [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| [[Sein Lwin]]<br />{{lang|my|စိန်လွင်}}<br />{{small|(1923–2004)}}
| 27 July 1988
| 27 July 1988
| 12 August 1988<br />{{small|(''[[8888 Uprising|resigned]].'')}}
| {{Age in years and days|1988|7|27|1988|8|12}}
| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|4}}
| [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| [[Aye Ko]]<br />{{lang|my|အေးကို}}<br />{{small|(1921–2006)<br />''Acting''}}
| 12 August 1988
| 12 August 1988
| 19 August 1988
| [[Sein Lwin]]
| {{Age in years and days|1988|8|12|1988|8|19}}
| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Burma Socialist Programme Party}};" | {{color|white|5}}
| [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| [[Maung Maung]]<br />{{lang|my|မောင်မောင်}}<br />{{small|(1925–1994)}}
| 19 August 1988
| 19 August 1988
| 18 September 1988<br />{{small|(''[[8888 Uprising#SLORC coup and crackdown|deposed]].'')}}
| {{Age in years and days|1988|8|19|1988|9|18}}
| [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]]
|-
|}

===Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)===
Vice Chairmen
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=3|Vice-chairman
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! <small>No.</small>
! <small>Portrait</small>
! <small>Name<br />(Born–Died)</small>
! <small>Took office</small>
! <small>Left office</small>
! <small>Duration</small>
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military Rule}}; colour:black"|1
| [[File:Than Shwe 2010-10-11.jpg|70px]]
| <small>General</small> '''[[Than Shwe]]'''<br /><small>(b. 1933)</small>
| 18 September 1988
| 18 September 1988
| 23 April 1992
| [[Maung Maung]]
| {{age in years and days|1988|9|18|1992|4|23}}
| [[Tatmadaw]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military Rule}}; colour:black"|2
| [[File:MaungAye.jpg|70px]]
| <small>Vice-Senior General</small> '''[[Maung Aye]]'''<br /><small>(b. 1937)</small>
| July 1993
| 30 March 2011
| 17 years, 8 months
| [[Tatmadaw]]
|-
|}
|}


==First Vice-Presidents after 2011==
== Vice-Presidents after 2011==
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|-
| ''Himself''
| ''Himself''
|}

{{reflist|group=note}}

==Second Vice-Presidents after 2011==
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! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| [[President of Myanmar|President(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Union Solidarity and Development Party}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Union Solidarity and Development Party}}" |
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| rowspan=3| '''[[Henry Van Thio]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
| rowspan=3| '''[[Henry Van Thio]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
| rowspan=3| 30 March 2016
| rowspan=3| 30 March 2016
| rowspan=3| 1 February 2021
| rowspan=3|Incumbent<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bbc.in/2Zxyhzh|title = ဦးတီခွန်မြတ်နဲ့ ဦးဟင်နရီဗန်ထီးယူ အဖမ်းမခံရဘဲ အိမ်တော်တွေမှာပဲ ဆက်ရှိနေ|newspaper = BBC News မြန်မာ}}</ref>
| rowspan=3| {{Age in years and days|2016|3|30}}
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| [[National League for Democracy|NLD]]
| rowspan=3| [[National League for Democracy|NLD]]
| [[Htin Kyaw]]
| [[Htin Kyaw]]
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| [[Myint Swe]]
| [[Myint Swe]]
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The '''vice chairman of the State Administration Council''' is the junta's second-ranked official.

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! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(birth–death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! rowspan=2| Chairman
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| [[File:Soe Win.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Soe Win (general)|Soe Win]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1961)}}
| 2 February 2021
| Incumbent
| {{age in years and days|2021|2|2}}
| [[Min Aung Hlaing]]
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Revision as of 03:59, 8 December 2022

Vice-Presidents of the
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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Incumbents
Myint Swe
since 30 March 2016
StyleHis Excellency (formal)
Member ofCabinet
National Defence and Security Council
ResidencePresidential Palace
SeatNaypyidaw
NominatorAssembly of the Union
AppointerPresidential Electoral College
Term lengthFive years,
renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Myanmar
First holderTin Aung Myint Oo
Sai Mauk Kham
SalaryK4 million / month[1]
Politics of Myanmar
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Government
Legislature (dissolved)
Judiciary
Recent elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Exiled government
Related topics
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The vice-presidents of Myanmar (also known as Burma) are the second highest-ranking posts in the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.[2] The offices were established by the 2008 Myanmar constitution and rank directly below the president. The offices came into effect on 30 March 2011, when the new government assumed de jure power and essentially function in the same manner as any other deputy head of state. There are two vice-presidential posts in the government,[3]

Vice-Presidents in Union of Burma (1948–1952)

N Portrait Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 File:Ba Maw, 1943.jpg Ba Maw 4 January 1948 16 March 1952

Vice Chairmen

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Additional position(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:Ne Win 1962.jpg Ne Win
နေဝင်း
(1911–2002) 		4 July 1962 2 March 1974 26 years, 19 days Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council and Prime Minister (1962–1974)
President (1974–1981)

Vice-Presidents in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

The position of Vice President of Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was created in 1974 by two changes in the Constitution of Burma and in the basic law of the Burma Socialist Programme Party.

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Ne Win
နေဝင်း
(1911–2002) 		2 March 1974 9 November 1981
(resigned.) 		7 years, 252 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
2 File:Gen San Yu.jpg San Yu
စန်းယု
(1918–1996) 		9 November 1981 27 July 1988
(resigned.) 		6 years, 261 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
3 Sein Lwin
စိန်လွင်
(1923–2004) 		27 July 1988 12 August 1988
(resigned.) 		16 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
4 Aye Ko
အေးကို
(1921–2006)
Acting 		12 August 1988 19 August 1988 7 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
5 Maung Maung
မောင်မောင်
(1925–1994) 		19 August 1988 18 September 1988
(deposed.) 		30 days Burma Socialist Programme Party

Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)

Vice Chairmen

Vice-chairman Term of office Political party
No. Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Duration
1 General Than Shwe
(b. 1933) 		18 September 1988 23 April 1992 3 years, 218 days Tatmadaw
2 Vice-Senior General Maung Aye
(b. 1937) 		July 1993 30 March 2011 17 years, 8 months Tatmadaw

Vice-Presidents after 2011

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Tin Aung Myint Oo
(born 1949) 		30 March 2011 1 July 2012 1 year, 93 days USDP Thein Sein
Sai Mauk Kham
(born 1949) 		1 July 2012 30 March 2016 3 years, 273 days USDP
File:Myint Swe on 30 March 2016 (cropped).jpg Myint Swe
(born 1951) 		30 March 2016 Incumbent[4] 8 years, 289 days USDP Htin Kyaw
Win Myint
Himself
Sai Mauk Kham
(born 1949) 		30 March 2011 1 July 2012 1 year, 93 days USDP Thein Sein
Nyan Tun
(born 1954) 		15 August 2012 30 March 2016 3 years, 228 days USDP
Henry Van Thio
(born 1959) 		30 March 2016 1 February 2021 NLD Htin Kyaw
Win Myint
Myint Swe

Vice Chairman

Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council
State Administration Council
Reports toChairman
ResidenceNaypyidaw
AppointerCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Formation2 February 2021
First holderSoe Win
Final holderSoe Win

The vice chairman of the State Administration Council is the junta's second-ranked official.

Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Chairman
Took office Left office Time in office
Soe Win
(born 1961) 		2 February 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 346 days Min Aung Hlaing

See also

References

  1. ^ "NLD cuts salaries of MPS, ministers, saves nearly K6b". 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Chapter III - The President and Vice-Presidents" (PDF). Constitution of Myanmar. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Myanmar's president, a close friend of Suu Kyi, retires". AP NEWS. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ August 2021 Speech by Min Aung Hlaing referring to the "then Acting President": Source for the date of the State Administration Council's formation (2 February 2021):
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