Chairman of the State Administration Council | |
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နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ | |
State Administration Council | |
Residence | Naypyidaw |
Appointer | President of Myanmar |
Formation | 2 February 2021 |
First holder | Min Aung Hlaing |
Deputy | Vice Chairman |
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The chairman of the State Administration Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ) is the de facto head of government of Myanmar from the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Min Aung Hlaing is the current holder of the office, and also serves as the Prime Minister of newly formed Caretaker Government.[1][2][3][4]
On 1 February 2021, the military of Myanmar launched a coup on the democratically elected members of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy.[5] The leader of the coup, Min Aung Hlaing, became the de facto leader of the state after the coup.[6] A day after the coup, Min Aung Hlaing formalized his leadership by forming the State Administration Council, in which he assumed office as the chairman.[7]
As Min Aung Hlaing concurrently held office as the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, he has the right to exercise legislative, judicative, and executive powers. His chairman office exercises his legislative power.[7]
Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Deputy(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Min Aung Hlaing (born 1956) |
2 February 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 132 days | Soe Win |
Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council | |
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State Administration Council | |
Reports to | Chairman |
Residence | Naypyidaw |
Appointer | President of Myanmar |
Formation | 2 February 2021 |
First holder | Soe Win |
Final holder | Soe Win |
The vice chairman of the State Administration Council is the de facto deputy head of government of Myanmar.
Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Chairman | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Soe Win (born 1961) |
2 February 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 132 days | Min Aung Hlaing |