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List of presidents of Myanmar

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

• 1948–1962: President of the Union of Burma
• 1962–1974: Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma
• 1974–1988: President of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
• 1988–1997: Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council of the Union of Myanmar
• 1997–2011: Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar
• 2011–present: President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Union of Burma (1948–1974) [edit]
1		Sao Shwe Thaik စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် (1895–1962)	4 January 1948	16 March 1952	4 years, 72 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
2		Ba U ဘဦး (1887–1963)	16 March 1952	13 March 1957	4 years, 362 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
3		Win Maung ဝင်းမောင် (1916–1989)	13 March 1957	2 March 1962 (deposed.)	4 years, 354 days	Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League / Union Party
—		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	2 March 1962	2 March 1974	12 years	Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) [edit]
4		Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002)	2 March 1974	9 November 1981 (resigned.)	7 years, 252 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
5		San Yu စန်းယု (1918–1996)	9 November 1981	27 July 1988 (resigned.)	6 years, 261 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
6		Sein Lwin စိန်လွင် (1923–2004)	27 July 1988	12 August 1988 (resigned.)	16 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
—		Aye Ko အေးကို (1921–2006) Acting	12 August 1988	19 August 1988	7 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
7		Maung Maung မောင်မောင် (1925–1994)	19 August 1988	18 September 1988 (deposed.)	30 days	Burma Socialist Programme Party
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) [edit]
—		Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997)	18 September 1988	23 April 1992 (deposed.)[a]	3 years, 218 days	Military
—		Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933)	23 April 1992	30 March 2011[b]	18 years, 341 days	Military
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) [edit]
8		Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944)	30 March 2011	30 March 2016	5 years	Union Solidarity and Development Party
9		Htin Kyaw ထင်ကျော် (born 1946)	30 March 2016	21 March 2018 (resigned.)	1 year, 356 days	National League for Democracy
—		Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting	21 March 2018	30 March 2018	9 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party
10		Win Myint ဝင်းမြင့် (born 1951)	30 March 2018	1 February 2021 (deposed.)	2 years, 308 days	National League for Democracy
—		Myint Swe မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting	1 February 2021	Incumbent[3]	3 years, 169 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party

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