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See also:	Other events of 2024 History of Myanmar Timeline

This is the list of important events happened in Myanmar in 2024.

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	Acting President First Vice President	Myint Swe
	Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister	Min Aung Hlaing
	Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister	Soe Win
	Second Vice President	Henry Van Thio
	Deputy Prime Minister	Mya Tun Oo
	Deputy Prime Minister	Tin Aung San
	Deputy Prime Minister	Win Shein

Events

• 4 January – Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day.^[1]
• 5 January – Operation 1027:
  • Battle of Laukkai: The MNDAA gained full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone following the mass surrender of thousands of junta forces, official and their families within the city. Among those surrendered were 228 officers, including six brigadier generals.^[2][3] UWSA forces took hold of Hopang, the capital of the Wa Self-Administered Division, on the same day.^[4]
• 7 January –
• Operation 1027:
  • The Three Brotherhood Alliance claimed that it captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni on midnight after seizing junta military posts in the towns, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni.^[5]
  • Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing.^[6]
• 14 January – Arakan Army took hold of the whole township of Paletwa in Chin State in Western Myanmar which borders Bangladesh.^[7]
• 15 January – Operation 1027:
  • Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023.
• 9 February – At least 340 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amidst continued fighting against the Arakan Army.^[8]
• 11 February – Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-junta forces in the ongoing civil war.^[9]
• 13 February – The Arakan Army claims to have sunk three junta ships travelling on the Kaladan River in Rakhine State, resulting in up to 900 deaths. The sinking is one of the largest losses in the navy's history.^[10]

Scheduled

• 25 October – Miss Grand International 2024 at Yangon^[11]

Holidays

Source:^[12]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 4 January – Independence Day
• 12 February - Union Day
• 2 March – Peasants' Day
• 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung
• 27 March – Armed Forces Day
• 13 April – Myanmar New Year
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason
• 16 June – Eid al-Adha
• 19 July – Martyrs' Day
• 20 July – Full Moon Day of Waso
• 16–18 October – Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
• 14–15 November – Full moon day of Tazaungmon
• 25 November – National Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day