President of Myanmar

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 head of government of Myanmar.

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်‌ သမ္မတ
State seal of Myanmar
Incumbent Myint Swe Acting since 1 February 2021
Style	His Excellency (formal)
Member of	Cabinet National Defence and Security Council
Residence	Presidential Palace
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 of Myanmar
Salary	K5 million / month[1]
Website	www.president-office.gov.mm

The president is elected by members of parliament, not by the general population. The Presidential Electoral College, a three committee body, elects the president.^[2]

Presidents of Burma/Myanmar (1948–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Union of Burma (1948–1974)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sao Shwe Thaik စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် (1895–1962)	4 January 1948	16 March 1952	4 years, 72 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
2		Ba U ဘဦး (1887–1963)	16 March 1952	13 March 1957	4 years, 362 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
3		Win Maung ဝင်းမောင် (1916–1989)	13 March 1957	2 March 1962[a]	4 years, 354 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
—		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	2 March 1962	2 March 1974	12 years, 0 days	Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)
4		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	2 March 1974	9 November 1981[b]	7 years, 252 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
5		San Yu စန်းယု (1918–1996)	9 November 1981	27 July 1988[c]	6 years, 261 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
6		Sein Lwin စိန်လွင် (1923–2004)	27 July 1988	12 August 1988[c]	16 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
—		Aye Ko အေးကို (1921–2006) Acting President	12 August 1988	19 August 1988	7 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
7		Maung Maung မောင်မောင် (1925–1994)	19 August 1988	18 September 1988[d]	30 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011)
—		Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997)	18 September 1988	23 April 1992[e]	3 years, 218 days	Military
—		Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933)	23 April 1992	30 March 2011[f]	18 years, 341 days	Military
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)
8		Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1945)	30 March 2011	30 March 2016	5 years, 0 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party
9		Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (born 1946)	30 March 2016	21 March 2018	1 year, 356 days	National League for Democracy
—		Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting President	21 March 2018	30 March 2018	9 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party
10		Win Myint ဝင်းမြင့် (born 1951)	30 March 2018	1 February 2021	2 years, 307 days	National League for Democracy
—		Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting President	1 February 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 54 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party

Notes

1. Deposed in the 1962 coup d'état.
2. Resigned after the 1981 general election.
3. Resigned during the 8888 Uprising.
4. Deposed in a coup d'état during the 8888 Uprising.
5. Resigned due to health reasons.^[3][4]
6. Handed over power to the civilian government after the 2010 general election.