# List of heads of state of Myanmar
## Konbaung (1752–1885)

| Name | Reign From | Reign Until | Relationship with predecessor(s) |
| Alaungpaya | 29 February 1752 | 11 May 1760 | Founder |
| Naungdawgyi | 11 May 1760 | 28 November 1763 | Eldest Son of Alaungpaya |
| Hsinbyushin | 28 November 1763 | 10 June 1776 | Brother of Naungdawgyi and Second eldest son of Alaungpaya |
| Singu | 10 June 1776 | 6 February 1782 | Son of Hsinbyushin |
| Phaungka | 6 February 1782 | 11 February 1782 | Son of Naungdawgyi and cousin brother of Singu |
| Bodawpaya | 11 February 1782 | 5 June 1819 | Uncle; Alaungpaya's fourth son |
| Bagyidaw | 5 June 1819 | 15 April 1837 | Grandson of Bodawpaya |
| Tharrawaddy | 15 April 1837 | 17 November 1846 | Brother of Bagyidaw and grandson of Bodawpaya |
| Pagan | 17 November 1846 | 18 February 1853 | Son of Tharrawaddy Min |
| Mindon | 18 February 1853 | 1 October 1878 | Half Brother of Pagan Min (son of Tharrawaddy Min) |
| Thibaw | 1 October 1878 | 29 November 1885 | Son of Mindon Min |

## British rule in Burma

| Name | Consort | Lifespan | Reign | Imperial Durbar | House |
| Victoria | None | 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 | 1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901 | 1 January 1877 (represented by Lord Lytton) | House of Hanover |
| Edward VII | Alexandra of Denmark | 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910 | 22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910 | 1 January 1903 (represented by Lord Curzon of Kedleston) | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| George V | Mary of Teck | 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936 | 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936 | 12 December 1911 | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1910–1917) House of Windsor (1917–1936) |
| Edward VIII | None | 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972 | 20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936 | None | House of Windsor |
| George VI | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 | 11 December 1936 – 22 June 1948 | None | House of Windsor |

### Commissioners and Governors

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
| British Burma ||||
| 31 January 1862 to 16 February 1867 | | Arthur Purves Phayre, Chief Commissioner | Arakan, Tenasserim, and Pegu are united as British ("Lower") Burma (within British India) |
| 16 February 1867 to 18 April 1871 | | Albert Fytche, Chief Commissioner | |
| 18 April 1871 to 14 April 1875 | | Ashley Eden, Chief Commissioner | |
| 14 April 1875 to 30 March 1878 | | Augustus Rivers Thompson, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 30 April 1877 |
| 30 March 1878 to 2 July 1880 | | Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner | |
| 2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883 | | Charles Bernard, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 4 April 1882, 1st time |
| 2 March 1883 to 25 September 1886 | | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, Chief Commissioner | Acting until 28 February 1884, 1st time. On 1 January 1886, as a result of the Third Anglo-Burmese War, remnant of Kingdom of Awa ("Upper Burma") annexed to British Burma (within British India). On 26 February 1886, Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma (within British India) |
| 25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887 | | Charles Edward Bernard, Chief Commissioner | 2nd time |
| 12 March 1887 to 10 December 1890 | | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, Chief Commissioner | 2nd time |
| 10 December 1890 to 3 April 1895 | | Alexander Mackenzie, Chief Commissioner | |
| 3 April 1895 to 1 May 1897 | | Frederick William Richards Fryer, Chief Commissioner | |
| 1 May 1897 to 4 April 1903 | | Frederick William Richards Fryer, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 4 April 1903 to 9 May 1905 | | Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 9 May 1905 to 19 May 1910 | | Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 19 May 1910 to 28 October 1915 | | Sir Harvey Adamson, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 15 May 1913 to 1 November 1913 | | Sir George Shaw, acting Lieutenant Governor | Acting for Adamson |
| 28 October 1915 to 22 September 1917 | | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor | 1st time |
| 22 September 1917 to 15 February 1918 | | Walter Francis Rice, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| 15 February 1918 to 21 December 1922 | | Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 21 December 1922 to 2 January 1923 | | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor | 2nd time |
| 2 January 1923 to 20 December 1927 | | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Governor | |
| 20 December 1927 to 20 December 1932 | | Sir Charles Alexander Innes, Governor | |
| 20 December 1932 to 8 May 1936 | | Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson, Governor | |
| 8 May 1936 to 6 May 1941 | | Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, Governor | On 1 April 1937, Burma separated from British India, as for provided for in the Government of India Act 1935 |
| 6 May 1941 to 31 August 1946 | | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, Governor | From May 1942 until October 1945 in exile at Shimla, British India |
| Japanese Occupation of British Burma ||||
| 20 April 1942 to 18 March 1943 | | Shōjirō Iida, Military commander | Commander of the 15th Army |
| 18 March 1943 to 30 August 1944 | | Masakazu Kawabe, Military commander | Commander of the Japanese Burma Area Army |
| 30 August 1944 to 15 August 1945 | | Heitarō Kimura, Military Commander | Commander of the Japanese Burma Area Army |
| Allied military administration ||||
| 1 January 1944 to October 1945 | | Actg. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Military Governor | Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command |
| October 1945 to 31 August 1946 | | Major general Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Military governor | |
| British Burma ||||
| 31 August 1946 to 4 January 1948 | | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Governor | |
| 4 January 1948 | Burma gains independence as Union of Burma, as provided for in the Burma Independence Act 1947 and the Burmese Declaration of Independence | Burma gains independence as Union of Burma, as provided for in the Burma Independence Act 1947 and the Burmese Declaration of Independence | Burma gains independence as Union of Burma, as provided for in the Burma Independence Act 1947 and the Burmese Declaration of Independence |

## Japanese occupation of Burma

| # | Reign | Regnal Name | Personal Name | Notes |
| 1 | 1942 to 1945 | Emperor Shōwa | Hirohito | |

### Japanese Superintendents (1942–1945)

| N | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office |
| N | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Yoshio Nasu (1897 —1993) | 1942 | 24 July 1942 |
| 2 | Haruki Isayama  (1894 —1990) | 26 July 1942 | 1942 |
| 3 | Eitarō Naka (1893 —1969) | 19 August 1942 | 18 September 1943 |
| 4 | Gōtarō Ogawa  (1876 —1945) | 1943 | 1945 |

### Saharat Thai Doem Authorities
#### Thai Military governor in Kengtung and Möngpan

* Dec 1942–1945 Phin Choonhavan (b. 1891 - d. 1973)

## Chairmen of the Burma (1937–1948)

| N | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office |
| N | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | | Ba Maw | 1937 | 1939 |
| 2 | | Maung Pu | 1939 | 1940 |
| 3 | | U Saw | 1940 | 1942 |
| 4 | | Aung San | 1943 | 1943 |
| 5 | | Ba Maw | 1943 | 1945 |
| 6 | | Sir Paw Tun | 1945 | 1945 |
| 7 | | Tun Oke | 1945 | 1946 |
| 8 | | Sir Paw Tun | 1946 | 1947 |
| 9 | | Aung San | 1947 | 1948 |
| 10 | | U Nu | 1948 | 1948 |

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

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Union of Burma (1948–1974) :
| No. | No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political Party |
| Presidents of the Union ||||||||
| | 1 | Sao Shwe Thaik (1895–1962) | 4 January 1948 | 16 March 1952 | 4 years, 72 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| | 2 | Ba U (1887–1963) | 16 March 1952 | 13 March 1957 | 4 years, 362 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| | 3 | Win Maung (1916–1989) | 13 March 1957 | 2 March 1962 | 4 years, 354 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council ||||||||
| | — | Ne Win (1911–2002) | 2 March 1962 | 2 March 1974 | 12 years, 0 days | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) ||||||||
| Presidents of the Republic ||||||||
| | 4 | Ne Win (1911–2002) | 2 March 1974 | 9 November 1981 | 7 years, 252 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| | 5 | San Yu (1918–1996) | 9 November 1981 | 27 July 1988 | 6 years, 261 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| | 6 | Sein Lwin (1923–2004) | 27 July 1988 | 12 August 1988 | 16 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| | — | Aye Ko (1921–2006) Acting President | 12 August 1988 | 19 August 1988 | 7 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| | 7 | Maung Maung (1925–1994) | 19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 | 30 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| Union of Burma/Myanmar (1988–2011) ||||||||
| Chairmen of the State Law and Order Restoration Council ||||||||
| | — | Saw Maung (1928–1997) | 18 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 | 3 years, 218 days | Military |
| | — | Than Shwe (1933–) | 23 April 1992 | 15 November 1997 | 5 years, 206 days | Military |
| Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council ||||||||
| | — | Than Shwe (1933–) | 15 November 1997 | 30 March 2011 | 13 years, 135 days | Military |
| Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) ||||||||
| Presidents of the Republic ||||||||
| | 8 | Thein Sein (1945–) | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| | 9 | Htin Kyaw (1946–) | 30 March 2016 | 21 March 2018 | 1 year, 356 days | National League for Democracy |
| | — | Myint Swe (1951–) Acting President | 21 March 2018 | 30 March 2018 | 9 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| | 10 | Win Myint (1951–) | 30 March 2018 | 1 February 2021 | 2 years, 308 days | National League for Democracy |
| | — | Myint Swe (1951–) Acting President | 1 February 2021 | 22 July 2024 | 3 years, 172 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| | — | Min Aung Hlaing (1956–) Acting President | 22 July 2024 | Incumbent | 236 days | Military |

## Chairmen of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (1962–1988)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Notes |
| 1 | Ne Win (1911–2002) | 4 July 1962 | 23 July 1988 | 26 years, 19 days | Also Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council (1962–1974), Prime Minister (1962–1974) and President (1974–1981). |
| 2 | Sein Lwin (1923–2004) | 26 July 1988 | 12 August 1988 | 17 days | Also President (1988). |
| 3 | Maung Maung (1925–1994) | 19 August 1988 | 18 September 1988 | 30 days | Also President (1988). |