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.
The offices were established by the
2008 Myanmar constitution and rank directly below the
president
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. 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, 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
The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China () are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, wi ...
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Vice-Presidents in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
The position of Vice President of
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
, conventional_long_name = Union of Burma Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
, common_name = Burma
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was created in 1985 by two changes in the
Constitution of Burma
The Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ, links=, transli ...
and in the basic law of the
Burma Socialist Programme Party
The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), ; abbreviated , was Burma's ruling party from 1962 to 1988 and sole legal party from 1964 to 1988. Party chairman Ne Win overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a coup d'ét ...
.
First Vice-Presidents after 2011
Second Vice-Presidents after 2011
See also
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Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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Politics of Myanmar
Myanmar (Names of Myanmar, also known as Burma) operates ''de jure'' as a unitary state, unitary List of countries by system of government#Assembly-independent republican systems, assembly-independent republic under its 2008 Constitution of My ...
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List of colonial governors of Burma
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President of Myanmar
The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar () is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar. The president leads the Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government. The current preside ...
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List of presidents of Myanmar
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Prime Minister of Myanmar
The prime minister of Myanmar is the head of government of Myanmar. The post was re-established in 2021 by the State Administration Council, the country's ruling military junta, to lead its nominally-civilian provisional government. The pro ...
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List of prime ministers of Myanmar
This article lists the Prime Minister of Myanmar, prime ministers of Myanmar (Names of Myanmar, also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
Prime ministers of Burma / Myanmar (1948–present)
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State Counsellor of Myanmar
The state counsellor of Myanmar ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) was the title of the ''de facto'' head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister. The office ...
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Lists of office-holders
These are lists of incumbents (individuals holding offices or positions), including heads of states or of subnational entities.
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Incumbents may als ...
References
External links
{{Government of Myanmar
Lists of Burmese people
2011 establishments in Myanmar