Chairman of the State Administrative Council

The chairman of the State Administrative Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌဌ) is the de facto head of government of Myanmar and leads the Military Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government. The current chairman is Min Aung Hlaing who assumed the chairmanship in a 2021 Myanmar coup d'état led by him.

Chairman of the State Administrative Council
နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္
Incumbent
Min Aung Hlaing
since 2 February 2021
State Administrative Council
ResidenceNaypyidaw
Formation2 February 2021
First holderMin Aung Hlaing
DeputyVice Chairman

Background

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.[1] The leader of the coup, Min Aung Hlaing, became the de facto leader of the state after the coup.[2] A day after the coup, Min Aung Hlaing formalized his leadership by forming the State Administrative Council, in which he assumed office as the chairman.[3]

Powers

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.[3]

List
No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Min Aung Hlaing
(born 1956)		 2 February 2021 Incumbent 6 days Myint Swe

Vice Chairman of the State Administrative Council
Vice Chairman of the State Administrative Council
Incumbent
Soe Win
since 2 February 2021
State Administrative Council
Reports toChairman
ResidenceNaypyidaw
Formation2 February 2021
First holderSoe Win

The vice chairman of the State Administrative Council is the de facto deputy head of government of Myanmar and it is a member of the Military Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government. The current vice chairman is Soe Win.

List
No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office Chairman
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Soe Win
(born 1960)		 2 February 2021 Incumbent 6 days Min Aung Hlaing

See also

References
  1. Reuters (1 February 2021). "Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi". news.trust.org.
  2. "Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control". BBC News. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. "Myanmar military announces new State Administrative Council". The Myanmar Times. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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