# List of presidents of Myanmar

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

## Titles

* 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

## Presidents of Burma / Myanmar (1948–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| Union of Burma (1948–1974) |||||||
| 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) |||||||
| 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) |||||||
| — | | Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) | 18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (deposed.) | 3 years, 218 days | Military |
| — | | Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) | 23 April 1992 | 30 March 2011 | 18 years, 341 days | Military |
| Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) |||||||
| 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 | 22 July 2024 | 3 years, 172 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| — | | Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) Acting | 22 July 2024 | Incumbent | 155 days | Military |