President of Myanmar

The **president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar** () is the head of state and head of government of Myanmar.

The president is elected by members of parliament, not by the general population. The Presidential Electoral College, a three committee body, elects the president.

## List of officeholders

- Political parties

- Other affiliations

- Status

(Dates in italics indicate _de facto_ continuation of office)

|rowspan=2||rowspan=2 width=100|Portrait|rowspan=2|Name|colspan=3|Term of office|colspan=2 rowspan=2|Political party|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Sao Shwe Thaik|4 January 1948|16 March 1952||||||||
|Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League||||||||||||
|2||Ba U|16 March 1952|13 March 1957||||||||
|Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League||||||||||||
|3||Win Maung|13 March 1957|2 March 1962||||||||
|Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (Union Karen League)||||||||||||
|—||Ne Win|2 March 1962|_2 March 1974_|years|||||||
|Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|4||Ne Win|_2 March 1974_|9 November 1981||||||||
|Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|5||San Yu|9 November 1981|27 July 1988||||||||
|Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|6||Sein Lwin|27 July 1988|12 August 1988||||||||
|Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|—||Aye Ko|12 August 1988|19 August 1988||||||||
|Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|7||Maung Maung|19 August 1988|18 September 1988||||||||
|Burma Socialist Programme Party||||||||||||
|—||Saw Maung|18 September 1988|23 April 1992||||||||
|Military||||||||||||
|—||Than Shwe|23 April 1992|30 March 2011||||||||
|Military / Union Solidarity and Development Association||||||||||||
|8||Thein Sein|30 March 2011|30 March 2016|years|||||||
|Union Solidarity and Development Party||||||||||||
|9||Htin Kyaw|30 March 2016|21 March 2018||||||||
|National League for Democracy||||||||||||
|—||Myint Swe|21 March 2018|30 March 2018||||||||
|Union Solidarity and Development Party||||||||||||
|10||Win Myint|30 March 2018|1 February 2021||||||||
|National League for Democracy||||||||||||
|—||Myint Swe|1 February 2021|22 July 2024||||||||
|Union Solidarity and Development Party||||||||||||
|—||Min Aung Hlaing|22 July 2024|_Incumbent_||||||||
|Military||||||||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- **insignia**: Variant of the State seal of Myanmar (2011-2025).svg
- **insigniacaption**: State seal of Myanmar
- **flag**: Flag of Myanmar.svg
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Myanmar
- **image**: Min Aung Hlaing at the Kremlin on March 4, 2025 (cropped)(b).jpg
- **imagesize**: 160px
- **incumbent**: Min Aung Hlaing
- **acting**: y
- **incumbentsince**: 22 July 2024
- **style**: President (government title), Mr. President (informal)
Excellency, His Excellency (formal)
- **type**: Head of state
- **member of**: Cabinet of Myanmar, Cabinet (normally)
National Defence and Security Council
- **residence**: Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw, Presidential Palace
- **seat**: Naypyidaw
- **nominator**: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Assembly of the Union
- **appointer**: Presidential Electoral College
- **termlength**: Five years,
- **termlength qualified**: renewable once
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Myanmar
- **precursor**: List of colonial governors of Burma, Governor of Burma
- **first**: Sao Shwe Thaik
- **deputy**: Vice President of Myanmar, Vice President
- **salary**: Burmese kyat, K5 million/US$ 2,385 per month