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Name | Image | Reign From | Reign Until | Relationship with predecessor(s) |
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Alaungpaya | 29 February 1752 | 11 May 1760 | Founder | |
Naungdawgyi | ![]() |
11 May 1760 | 28 November 1763 | Eldest Son of Alaungpaya |
Hsinbyushin | ![]() |
28 November 1763 | 10 June 1776 | Brother of Naungdawgyi and Second eldest son of Alaungpaya |
Singu | ![]() |
10 June 1776 | 6 February 1782 | Son of Hsinbyushin |
Phaungka | ![]() |
6 February 1782 | 11 February 1782 | Son of Naungdawgyi and cousin brother of Singu |
Bodawpaya | ![]() |
11 February 1782 | 5 June 1819 | Uncle; Alaungpaya's fourth son |
Bagyidaw | ![]() |
5 June 1819 | 15 April 1837 | Grandson of Bodawpaya |
Tharrawaddy | ![]() |
15 April 1837 | 17 November 1846 | Brother of Bagyidaw and grandson of Bodawpaya |
Pagan | ![]() |
17 November 1846 | 18 February 1853 | Son of Tharrawaddy Min |
Mindon | 18 February 1853 | 1 October 1878 | Half Brother of Pagan Min (son of Tharrawaddy Min) | |
Thibaw | ![]() |
1 October 1878 | 29 November 1885 | Son of Mindon Min |
Portrait | Name | Consort | Lifespan | Reign | Imperial Durbar | House |
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Victoria | None | 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 | 1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901 | 1 January 1877 (represented by Lord Lytton) |
House of Hanover |
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Edward VII | Alexandra of Denmark | 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910 | 22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910 | 1 January 1903 (represented by Lord Curzon of Kedleston) |
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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George V | Mary of Teck | 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936 | 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936 | 12 December 1911 | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1910–1917) House of Windsor (1917–1936) |
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Edward VIII | None | 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972 | 20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936 | None[lower-alpha 1] | House of Windsor |
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George VI | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 | 11 December 1936 – 22 June 1948 | None[lower-alpha 2] | House of Windsor |
Commissioners and Governors
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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British Burma | |||
31 January 1862 to 16 February 1867 | ![]() | Arthur Purves Phayre, Chief Commissioner | Arakan, Tenasserim, and Pegu are united as British ("Lower") Burma (within British India) |
16 February 1867 to 18 April 1871 | Albert Fytche, Chief Commissioner | ||
18 April 1871 to 14 April 1875 | ![]() | Ashley Eden, Chief Commissioner | |
14 April 1875 to 30 March 1878 | ![]() | Augustus Rivers Thompson, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 30 April 1877 |
30 March 1878 to 2 July 1880 | ![]() | Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner | |
2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883 | Charles Bernard, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 4 April 1882, 1st time | |
2 March 1883 to 25 September 1886 | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 28 February 1884, 1st time. On 1 January 1886, as a result of the Third Anglo-Burmese War, remnant of Kingdom of Awa ("Upper Burma") annexed to British Burma (within British India). On 26 February 1886, Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma (within British India) | |
25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887 | Charles Edward Bernard, Chief Commissioner | 2nd time | |
12 March 1887 to 10 December 1890 | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, Chief Commissioner | 2nd time | |
10 December 1890 to 3 April 1895 | ![]() | Alexander Mackenzie, Chief Commissioner | |
3 April 1895 to 1 May 1897 | Frederick William Richards Fryer, Chief Commissioner | ||
1 May 1897 to 4 April 1903 | Frederick William Richards Fryer, Lieutenant Governor | ||
4 April 1903 to 9 May 1905 | Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Lieutenant Governor | ||
9 May 1905 to 19 May 1910 | ![]() | Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Lieutenant Governor | |
19 May 1910 to 28 October 1915 | Sir Harvey Adamson, Lieutenant Governor | ||
15 May 1913 to 1 November 1913 | Sir George Shaw, acting Lieutenant Governor | Acting for Adamson | |
28 October 1915 to 22 September 1917 | ![]() | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor | 1st time |
22 September 1917 to 15 February 1918 | Walter Francis Rice, acting Lieutenant Governor | ||
15 February 1918 to 21 December 1922 | Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, Lieutenant Governor | ||
21 December 1922 to 2 January 1923 | ![]() | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor | 2nd time |
2 January 1923 to 20 December 1927 | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Governor | ||
20 December 1927 to 20 December 1932 | ![]() | Sir Charles Alexander Innes, Governor | |
20 December 1932 to 8 May 1936 | Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson, Governor | ||
8 May 1936 to 6 May 1941 | Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, Governor | On 1 April 1937, Burma separated from British India, as for provided for in the Government of India Act 1935 | |
6 May 1941 to 31 August 1946 | ![]() | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, Governor | From May 1942 until October 1945 in exile at Shimla, British India |
Japanese Occupation of British Burma | |||
20 April 1942 to 18 March 1943 | ![]() | Shōjirō Iida, Military commander | Commander of the 15th Army |
18 March 1943 to 30 August 1944 | ![]() | Masakazu Kawabe, Military commander | Commander of the Japanese Burma Area Army |
30 August 1944 to 15 August 1945 | ![]() | Heitarō Kimura, Military Commander | |
Allied military administration | |||
1 January 1944 to October 1945 | ![]() | Actg. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Military Governor | Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command |
October 1945 to 31 August 1946 | ![]() | Major general Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Military governor | |
British Burma | |||
31 August 1946 to 4 January 1948 | ![]() | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Governor | |
4 January 1948 | Burma gains independence as Union of Burma, as provided for in the Burma Independence Act 1947 and the Burmese Declaration of Independence |
# | Reign | Regnal Name | Personal Name | Notes |
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1 | 1942 to 1945 | Emperor Shōwa | Hirohito | |
Japanese Superintendents (1942–1945)
N | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
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Took office | Left office | ||
1 | Yoshio Nasu (1897 —1993) |
1942 | 24 July 1942 |
2 | Haruki Isayama
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26 July 1942 | 1942 |
3 | Eitarō Naka (1893 —1969) |
19 August 1942 | 18 September 1943 |
4 | Gōtarō Ogawa
(1876 —1945) |
1943 | 1945 |
Saharat Thai Doem Authorities
Thai Military governor in Kengtung and Möngpan
- Dec 1942–1945 Phin Choonhavan (b. 1891 - d. 1973)
N | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
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Took office | Left office | |||
1 | Ba Maw |
1937 | 1939 | |
2 | Maung Pu |
1939 | 1940 | |
3 | U Saw |
1940 | 1942 | |
4 | Aung San |
1943 | 1943 | |
5 | Ba Maw | 1943 | 1945 | |
6 | Sir Paw Tun | 1945 | 1945 | |
7 | Tun Oke | 1945 | 1946 | |
8 | Sir Paw Tun | 1946 | 1947 | |
9 | Aung San | 1947 | 1948 | |
10 | U Nu | 1948 | 1948 | |
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | |||||||
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No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political Party | |
Presidents of the Union | |||||||
1 | Sao Shwe Thaik (1895–1962) |
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4 January 1948 | 16 March 1952 | 4 years, 72 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | |
2 | Ba U (1887–1963) |
16 March 1952 | 13 March 1957 | 4 years, 362 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||
3 | Win Maung (1916–1989) |
13 March 1957 | 2 March 1962[2] | 4 years, 354 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League | ||
Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council | |||||||
— | Ne Win (1911–2002) |
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2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | 12 years, 0 days | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | |||||||
Presidents of the Republic | |||||||
4 | Ne Win (1911–2002) |
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2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981[3] | 7 years, 252 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
5 | San Yu (1918–1996) |
9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988[4] | 6 years, 261 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
6 | Sein Lwin (1923–2004) |
27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988[4] | 16 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
— | Aye Ko (1921–2006) Acting President |
12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | 7 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
7 | Maung Maung (1925–1994) |
19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988[5] | 30 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party | ||
Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011) | |||||||
Chairmen of the State Law and Order Restoration Council | |||||||
— | Saw Maung (1928–1997) |
18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992[6] | 3 years, 218 days | Military | ||
— | Than Shwe (1933–) |
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23 April 1992 | 15 November 1997 | 5 years, 206 days | Military | |
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council | |||||||
Than Shwe (1933–) |
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15 November 1997 | 30 March 2011[7] | 13 years, 135 days | Military | ||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–2021) | |||||||
Presidents of the Republic | |||||||
8 | Thein Sein (1945–) |
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30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
9 | Htin Kyaw (1946–) |
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30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 | 1 year, 356 days | National League for Democracy | |
— | Myint Swe (1951–) Acting President |
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21 March 2018 | 30 March 2018 | 9 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
10 | Win Myint (1951–) |
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30 March 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 153 days | National League for Democracy |
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Notes | |
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1 | Ne Win (1911–2002) |
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4 July 1962 | 23 July 1988[4] | 26 years, 19 days | Also Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council (1962–1974), Prime Minister (1962–1974) and President (1974–1981). | |
2 | Sein Lwin (1923–2004) |
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26 July 1988 | 12 August 1988[4] | 17 days | Also President (1988). | |
3 | Maung Maung (1925–1994) |
19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988[5] | 30 days | Also President (1988). |
- Edward VIII abdicated after less than one year of reign.
- A durbar was deemed expensive and impractical due to poverty and demands for independence.[1]
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