Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (Burmese: ဒုတိယတပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်) is the second highest military rank in the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. The Deputy Commander-in-Chief is appointed by the President, in consultation with the National Defence and Security Council, of which they are also a member.^[1] The Deputy Commander-in-Chief also traditionally serves as army commander-in-chief.^[2]

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
ဒုတိယတပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်
Flag of the deputy commander-in-chief
Incumbent Vice-Senior General Soe Win since 30 March 2011
Tatmadaw
Member of	National Defence and Security Council State Administration Council (2021) Caretaker Government (2021)
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Residence	Naypyidaw
Appointer	President of Myanmar
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Myanmar
First holder	Saw Kyar Doe

List

List of Deputy Commanders-in-Chief of Defence Services^[3]

No.	Portrait	Service number	Name and rank	Serving period	Remark
1.		BC 5107	Brigadier General Saw Kyar Doe	4 January 1948 – 1 August 1948
2.		BC 3502	Brigadier General Ne Win	1 August 1948 – 1 February 1949	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
3.		BC 3458	Brigadier General Aung Gyi	1 February 1949 – 15 February 1963
4.		BC 3567	Major General San Yu	15 February 1963 – 20 April 1972	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
5.		BC 3561	Lieutenant General Thura Tin Oo	20 April 1972 – 8 March 1974	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
6.		BC 5322	Lieutenant General Thura Kyaw Htin	8 March 1974 – 6 March 1976	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
7.		BC 6133	Lieutenant General Aye Ko	6 March 1976 – 13 March 1981
8.		BC 5896	Lieutenant General Tun Yi	13 March 1981 – 1983
9.		BC 6187	Lieutenant General Saw Maung	1983 – 4 November 1985	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
10.		BC 6710	General Than Shwe	4 November 1985 – 23 April 1992	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
11.		BC 7875	Vice Senior General Maung Aye	23 April 1992 – 30 March 2011
12.		BC 16489	Vice Senior General Soe Win	30 March 2011 - present	Incumbent

See also

• Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

References

1. Article V - The Union Government, Section 201 of the Constitution of Myanmar (2008)
2. Maung Aung Myoe (1999). Building the Tatmadaw. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 73. ISBN 9780731527427.
3. Maung Kyaw Zaw (January 2022). အထွေထွေဗဟုသုတ (၂၀၂၂–၂၀၂၃) [General Knowledge (2022–2023)]. Yangon: ကြယ်စင်စာပေ. p. 163.