Chairman of the State Administration Council

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]

Chairman of the State Administration Council
နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ
State Seal of Myanmar
Incumbent
Min Aung Hlaing
since 2 February 2021
State Administration Council
ResidenceNaypyidaw
Formation1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
First holderMin Aung Hlaing
DeputyVice Chairman
Politics of Myanmar
Constitution
Government
Assembly of the Union
Supreme Court
Recent elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Exiled government
Related topics
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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.[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]

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.[7]

Chairman
Portrait Name
(birth–death)		 Term of office Deputy(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Min Aung Hlaing
(born 1956)		 2 February 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 85 days Soe Win

Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council
State Administration Council
Reports toChairman
ResidenceNaypyidaw
Formation2 February 2021
First holderSoe Win
Final holderSoe 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
Took office Left office Time in office
Soe Win
(born 1961)		 2 February 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 85 days Min Aung Hlaing

See also

References
  1. "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. "Sixth coordination meeting on COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment held; Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister of Caretaker Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers address". 2 August 2021.
  3. "State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses Council meeting 13/2021". 8 August 2021.
  4. "SAC Chairman Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers". 11 August 2021.
  5. "Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi". news.trust.org. Reuters. 1 February 2021.
  6. "Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control". BBC News. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "Myanmar military announces new State Administration Council". The Myanmar Times. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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