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This article lists the presidents of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974)[edit] | ||||||
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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 | |
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Win Maung ဝင်းမောင် (1916–1989) |
13 March 1957 | 2 March 1962 (deposed.) |
4 years, 354 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League / Union Party |
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Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | 12 years | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)[edit] | ||||||
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Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) |
2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981 (resigned.) |
7 years, 252 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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San Yu စန်းယု (1918–1996) |
9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988 (resigned.) |
6 years, 261 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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Sein Lwin စိန်လွင် (1923–2004) |
27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988 (resigned.) |
16 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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Aye Ko အေးကို (1921–2006) Acting |
12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | 7 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
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Maung Maung မောင်မောင် (1925–1994) |
19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 (deposed.) |
30 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)[edit] | ||||||
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Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) |
18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (deposed.)[a] |
3 years, 218 days | Military |
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Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) |
23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011[b] | 18 years, 341 days | Military |
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)[edit] | ||||||
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Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) |
30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
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Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (born 1946) |
30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 (resigned.) |
1 year, 356 days | National League for Democracy |
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Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting |
21 March 2018 | 30 March 2018 | 9 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
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Win Myint ဝင်းမြင့် (born 1951) |
30 March 2018 | 1 February 2021 (deposed.) |
2 years, 308 days | National League for Democracy |
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Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting |
1 February 2021 | Incumbent[3] | 3 years, 109 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |