State Counsellor of Myanmar
| State Counsellor of Myanmar | |
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| မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် | |
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| Style | His/Her Excellency the State Counsellor |
| Residence | Naypyidaw |
| Nominator | Assembly of the Union |
| Appointer | President of Myanmar |
| Term length | Equivalent to incumbent President (5 years, renewable once) |
| Inaugural holder | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Formation | 6 April 2016 |
| Website | www |
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The State Counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) is the de facto head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister.[1]
Background
The post was created on 6 April 2016 to allow for a greater role for Aung San Suu Kyi within the Government of Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in the 2015 Myanmar general election; however she is constitutionally barred from becoming President of Myanmar as her late husband Michael Aris was British and her two children also hold British nationality.[2]
The bill to create the post was passed by the upper house of the Assembly of the Union on 1 April 2016 and by the lower house on 5 April 2016, and signed by President Htin Kyaw on 6 April 2016.[2][3]
Roles and responsibilities
The post of State Counsellor is similar to that of a Prime Minister in that it allows the holder to work across all areas of government[4] and to act as a link[further explanation needed] between the executive and legislative branches. The State Counsellor has a term of five years, the same term as that of the President.[5]
List of State Counsellors
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | President | Assembly | |||
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| Term start | Term end | Term in office | ||||||||
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Aung San Suu Kyi (1945–) |
6 April 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 65 days | National League for Democracy | II | NLD—Mil. | Htin Kyaw, Win Myint | rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:National League for Democracy/meta/color | 2 (2015) |
| Concurrently serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and for the Office of the President as well as leader of the majority party, the National League for Democracy. | ||||||||||
See also
- Politics of Myanmar
- President of Myanmar
- Vice President of Myanmar
- Prime Minister of Myanmar
- Ministry of State Counsellor’s Office
References
- ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi: The democracy icon who fell from grace". BBC. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
[...]Ms Suu Kyi is widely seen as de facto leader. Her official title is state counsellor.
- Note that "Suu Kyi" is a part of her given name, and that she has no family name. - ^ a b "Aung San Suu Kyi to become 'State Counsellor' of Myanmar". ABC News.
- ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Myanmar state counselor: spokesman". Xinhua News. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2016/04/05/suu-kyi-consolidates-power-in-parliament.html
- ^ "Myanmar MPs approve Suu Kyi as 'advisor to state'". Anadolu Agency.
External links
- Office of the State Counsellor (Burmese)
- Office of the State Counsellor (English)
