Vice-President of Myanmar

The vice-presidents of Myanmar (also known as Burma) are the second highest-ranking posts in the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.^[2] The offices were established by the 2008 Myanmar constitution and rank directly below the president. The offices came into effect on 30 March 2011, when the new government assumed de jure power and essentially function in the same manner as any other deputy head of state. There are two vice-presidential posts in the government,^[3] but no distinction is officially made between them. It can be assumed that the posts follow the order of seniority, much like the ones practised by the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China.

Vice-Presidents of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဒုတိယ သမ္မတ
State Seal of Myanmar
Incumbents Myint Swe (first) Henry Van Thio (second) since 30 March 2016
Style	His Excellency (formal)
Member of	Cabinet National Defence and Security Council
Residence	Presidential Palace
Seat	Naypyidaw
Nominator	Assembly of the Union
Appointer	Presidential Electoral College
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Myanmar
First holder	Tin Aung Myint Oo Sai Mauk Kham
Salary	K4 million / month^[1]

Vice-Presidents in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

The position of Vice President of Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was created in 1985 by two changes in the Constitution of Burma and in the basic law of the Burma Socialist Programme Party.^[4]

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Aye Ko (1921–2006)	December 1985	27 July 1988	2 years, 9 months	Burma Socialist Programme Party	San Yu	^[5]^[6]^[7]
			27 July 1988	12 August 1988			Sein Lwin
			19 August 1988	18 September 1988			Maung Maung

First Vice-Presidents after 2011

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Tin Aung Myint Oo (born 1949)	30 March 2011	1 July 2012	1 year, 93 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
		Sai Mauk Kham (born 1949)	1 July 2012	30 March 2016	3 years, 273 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party
		Myint Swe (born 1951)	30 March 2016	Incumbent^[8]	8 years, 13 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Htin Kyaw
							Himself
							Win Myint
							Himself

Second Vice-Presidents after 2011

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Sai Mauk Kham (born 1949)	30 March 2011	1 July 2012	1 year, 93 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party	Thein Sein
		Nyan Tun (born 1954)	15 August 2012	30 March 2016	3 years, 228 days	Union Solidarity and Development Party
		Henry Van Thio (born 1959)	30 March 2016	28 March 2023 ^[a]	8 years, 13 days	National League for Democracy	Htin Kyaw
							Myint Swe
							Win Myint
			28 March 2023	Incumbent ^[10]		Non-Partisan ^[b]	Myint Swe

See also

• Myanmar
  • Politics of Myanmar
  • List of colonial governors of Burma
  • President of Myanmar
  • List of presidents of Myanmar
  • Prime Minister of Myanmar
  • List of prime ministers of Myanmar
  • State Counsellor of Myanmar
  • Chairman of the State Administration Council
• Lists of office-holders

References

1. Union Election Commission banned NLD^[9]
2. Henry Van Thio was expelled from the NLD in 2023 due to his cooperation with the National Defence and Security Council.^[11]

1. "NLD cuts salaries of MPS, ministers, saves nearly K6b". 25 February 2019.
2. "Chapter III - The President and Vice-Presidents" (PDF). Constitution of Myanmar. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. "Myanmar's president, a close friend of Suu Kyi, retires". AP NEWS. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
4. The Far East and Australasia 1995. 1994. ISBN 9781857430004.
5. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Aug 1986. 2003. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049077.
6. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1988July-Dec. 2003. hdl:2027/osu.32435024019804.
7. Limited, Europa Publications (March 1988). The Europa year book. ISBN 9780946653416.
8. August 2021 Speech by Min Aung Hlaing referring to the "then Acting President":
   • Min Aung Hlaing (2 August 2021). (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. Vol. VIII, no. 105. Online Burma/Myanmar Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021. p. 1: The State Administration Council started to carry out all responsibilities of the State handed over by the then Acting President on 1 [sic] February 2021 by adhering to provisions of the Constitution (2008).
   • "Myanmar coup: who are the military figures running the country?". The Guardian. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021. Immediately after he was named president, Myint Swe, 69, handed power to the country's top military commander, Min Aung Hlaing.
   • Milko, Victoria (1 February 2021). "Why is the military taking control in the Myanmar coup?". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 September 2021. Immediately after he was named president, Myint Swe handed power to the country's top military commander, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.
   • "Explainer: Myanmar generals are back in charge, but for how long?". Reuters. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021. President Win Myint, a Suu Kyi ally, was among dozens of people detained early on Monday. Vice-president Myint Swe, a former general and member of the previous junta, then handed over power to the commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
   Source for the date of the State Administration Council's formation (2 February 2021):
   • "Myanmar military announces new State Administrative Council". The Myanmar Times. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021. The Tatmadaw (military) released notification 9/2021 on February 2, announcing the formation of the State Administrative [sic] Council
9. Min Ye Kyaw; Rebecca Ratcliffe (28 March 2023). "Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party dissolved". The Guardian. Bangkok, Thailand. from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
10. "ဦးတီခွန်မြတ်နဲ့ ဦးဟင်နရီဗန်ထီးယူ အဖမ်းမခံရဘဲ အိမ်တော်တွေမှာပဲ ဆက်ရှိနေ". BBC News မြန်မာ.
11. "Vice President Henry Van Thio dismissed from the party". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

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