List of prime ministers of Myanmar

Top left: U Nu was the first prime minister of the Union of Burma.
Top right: Ne Win was the longest-served Prime Minister who turned the Union into military dictatorship.
Bottom left: Thein Sein is considered as a reformist leader in the post-junta government.
Botton right: Nyo Saw is the current prime minister.

This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.

Titles

1948–1962: Prime Minister of the Union of Burma
1962–1974: Chairman of the Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma
1974–1988: Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
1988–2011: Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar
2021–present: Prime Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

List of officeholders

Political parties

Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL)

Union Party (Clean AFPFL)

Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP)

Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)

Other affiliations

Military

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term of office			Political party		Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Start	End	Duration	Political party		Ref.
Union of Burma (1948–1974) [edit]
1		U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995)	4 January 1948	12 June 1956 (Resigned)	8 years, 160 days		Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
2		Ba Swe ဘဆွေ (1915–1987)	12 June 1956	1 March 1957	262 days		Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
(1)		U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995)	1 March 1957	29 October 1958^[a]	1 year, 242 days		Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
3		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	29 October 1958	4 April 1960^[b]	1 year, 158 days		Military
(1)		U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995)	4 April 1960	2 March 1962 (Deposed in a coup)	1 year, 332 days		Union Party (Clean Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League)
(3)		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	2 March 1962	4 March 1974	12 years, 2 days		Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) [edit]
4		Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993)	4 March 1974	29 March 1977^[c]	3 years, 25 days		Burma Socialist Programme Party
5		Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995)	29 March 1977	26 July 1988 (Resigned)	11 years, 119 days		Burma Socialist Programme Party
6		Tun Tin ထွန်းတင် (1920–2020)	26 July 1988	18 September 1988 (Deposed in a coup)	54 days		Burma Socialist Programme Party	^[1]
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) [edit]
7		Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997)	21 September 1988	23 April 1992 (Deposed)^[d]	3 years, 215 days		Military	^[2]^[3]^[4]
8		Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933)	23 April 1992	25 August 2003	11 years, 124 days		Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association
9		Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939)	25 August 2003	18 October 2004 (Deposed)	1 year, 54 days		Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association	^[5]
10		Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007)	19 October 2004	12 October 2007 (Died in office)	2 years, 358 days		Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association	^[6]
11		Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944)	12 October 2007	7 November 2010	3 years, 26 days		Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association (until 29 April 2010)	^[7]
11		Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944)	12 October 2007	7 November 2010	3 years, 26 days		Union Solidarity and Development Party (from 8 June 2010)	^[7]
Position vacant (7 November 2010 – 30 March 2011)
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) [edit]
Position abolished (30 March 2011 – 1 August 2021)
12		Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956)	1 August 2021	31 July 2025	3 years, 364 days		Military	^[8]^[9]
13		Nyo Saw ညိုစော (born ?)	31 July 2025	Incumbent	40 days		Independent	^[10]

Timeline

Notes

^ Handed over power to the military.
^ Handed back power to the civilian government after the 1960 general election.
^ Removed from office due to the economic problems of the country.
^ Resigned for health reasons, de facto deposed by rival generals.

References

^ "Burmese Military Officially Takes Reins Of Power". The New York Times. 19 September 1988.
^ "Burmese Military Ousts Chief, Citing Illness". The New York Times. 24 April 1992.
^ "Saw Maung Is Dead at 68; Led a Brutal Burmese Coup". The New York Times. 27 July 1997.
^ Wheeler, Ned (28 July 1997). "Obituary: General Saw Maung". The Independent. London.
^ "Burma's prime minister 'arrested'". BBC News. 19 October 2004.
^ "Burma prime minister Soe Win dies". BBC News. 12 October 2007.
^ Wai Moe (5 May 2010). "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
^ "Myanmar military leader takes new title of prime minister in caretaker government – state media". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Myanmar junta lifts emergency rules, paving way for elections". The Straits Times. 31 July 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

External links

World Statesmen – Myanmar (Burma)

[1] Handed over power to the military.

[2] Handed back power to the civilian government after the 1960 general election.

[3] Removed from office due to the economic problems of the country.

[5] Resigned for health reasons, de facto deposed by rival generals.

[4] "Burmese Military Officially Takes Reins Of Power". The New York Times. 19 September 1988.

[6] "Burmese Military Ousts Chief, Citing Illness". The New York Times. 24 April 1992.

[7] "Saw Maung Is Dead at 68; Led a Brutal Burmese Coup". The New York Times. 27 July 1997.

[8] Wheeler, Ned (28 July 1997). "Obituary: General Saw Maung". The Independent. London.

[9] "Burma's prime minister 'arrested'". BBC News. 19 October 2004.

[10] "Burma prime minister Soe Win dies". BBC News. 12 October 2007.

[11] Wai Moe (5 May 2010). "Tight Censorship on Reporting USDP". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

[12] "Myanmar military leader takes new title of prime minister in caretaker government – state media". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[13] "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[14] "Myanmar junta lifts emergency rules, paving way for elections". The Straits Times. 31 July 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

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Union of Burma (1948–1962)	U Nu Ba Swe U Nu Ne Win† U Nu
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1962–1988)	Ne Win† Sein Win† Maung Maung Kha† Tun Tin
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)	Saw Maung† Than Shwe† Khin Nyunt† Soe Win† Thein Sein†
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)	position abolished, 2011–21 Min Aung Hlaing† Nyo Saw†
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Titles

List of officeholders

Union of Burma (1948–1974)

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)

Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)

Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)

Timeline

See also

Notes

References

External links