State Counsellor of Myanmar

The state counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) was the title of the de facto head of government of Myanmar. The office was similar to that of a prime minister.^[1]

State Counsellor of Myanmar မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်
Incumbent Vacant since 1 February 2021
Style	His/Her Excellency (formal) State Counsellor (informal)
Residence	Naypyidaw
Nominator	Assembly of the Union
Appointer	President of Myanmar
Term length	Equivalent to incumbent President (5 years, renewable once)
Inaugural holder	Aung San Suu Kyi
Formation	6 April 2016
Website	www.statecounsellor.gov.mm

The office is currently vacant after the arrest of the first and only state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

References

1. "Aung San Suu Kyi: The democracy icon who fell from grace". BBC. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019. [...]Ms Suu Kyi is widely seen as de facto leader. Her official title is state counsellor. - Note that "Suu Kyi" is a part of her given name, and that she has no family name.