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)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | No. ! rowspan="2" width="100px" | Portrait ! rowspan="2" | Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="3" | Term of office ! rowspan="2" | Political party ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office ! colspan="7" |

Union of Burma (1948–1974)
! style="background:;" | 1 စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် (1895–1962) ! style="background:;" | 2 ဘဦး (1887–1963) ! style="background:;" | 3 ဝင်းမောင် (1916–1989) (deposed.) Union Party ! style="background:;" | — နေဝင်း (1911–2002) Burma Socialist Programme Party ! colspan="7" |
 * Sao Shwe Thaik.jpg
 * Sao Shwe Thaik
 * 4 January 1948
 * 16 March 1952
 * 4 years, 73 days
 * Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
 * Ba U.JPG
 * Ba U
 * 16 March 1952
 * 13 March 1957
 * 4 years, 363 days
 * Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
 * Mahn Win Maung, President of Union of Burma.jpg
 * Win Maung
 * 13 March 1957
 * 2 March 1962
 * 4 years, 355 days
 * Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League /
 * General Ne Win PM of Burma 1959.jpg
 * Ne Win
 * 2 March 1962
 * 2 March 1974
 * 12 years years
 * Military /

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988)
! style="background:;" | 4 နေဝင်း (1911–2002) (resigned.) ! style="background:;" | 5 စန်းယု (1918–1996) (resigned.) ! style="background:;" | 6 စိန်လွင် (1923–2004) (resigned.) ! style="background:;" | — အေးကို (1921–2006) Acting ! style="background:;" | 7 မောင်မောင် (1925–1994) (deposed.) ! colspan="7" |
 * General Ne Win PM of Burma 1959.jpg
 * Ne Win
 * 2 March 1974
 * 9 November 1981
 * 7 years, 254 days
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party
 * San Yu.jpg
 * San Yu
 * 9 November 1981
 * 27 July 1988
 * 6 years, 261 days
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party
 * No image.svg
 * Sein Lwin
 * 27 July 1988
 * 12 August 1988
 * 16 days
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party
 * -style="background:#e6e6aa;"
 * No image.svg
 * Aye Ko
 * 12 August 1988
 * 19 August 1988
 * 7 days
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party
 * No image.svg
 * Maung Maung
 * 19 August 1988
 * 18 September 1988
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party
 * Burma Socialist Programme Party

Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011)
! style="background:;" | — စောမောင် (1928–1997) (deposed.) ! style="background:;" | — သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) ! colspan="7" |
 * No image.svg
 * Saw Maung
 * 18 September 1988
 * 23 April 1992
 * 3 years, 218 days
 * Military
 * Than Shwe 2010-10-11.jpg
 * Than Shwe
 * 23 April 1992
 * 30 March 2011
 * 18 years, 345 days
 * Military

Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)
! style="background:;" | 8 သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) ! style="background:;" | 9 ထင်ကျော် (born 1946) (resigned.) ! style="background:;" | — မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting ! style="background:;" | 10 ဝင်းမြင့် (born 1951) (deposed.) ! style="background:;" | — မြင့်ဆွေ (born 1951) Acting
 * TheinSeinASEAN.jpg
 * Thein Sein
 * 30 March 2011
 * 30 March 2016
 * 5 years years
 * Union Solidarity and Development Party
 * President U Htin Kyaw official.jpg
 * Htin Kyaw
 * 30 March 2016
 * 21 March 2018
 * 1 year, 356 days
 * National League for Democracy
 * -style="background:#e6e6aa;"
 * Myint Swe (cropped).jpg
 * Myint Swe
 * 21 March 2018
 * 30 March 2018
 * 9 days
 * Union Solidarity and Development Party
 * Win Myint 2017 cropped.jpg
 * Win Myint
 * 30 March 2018
 * 1 February 2021
 * 2 years, 309 days
 * National League for Democracy
 * -style="background:#e6e6aa;"
 * Myint Swe (cropped).jpg
 * Myint Swe
 * 1 February 2021
 * Incumbent
 * 3 years, 148 days
 * Union Solidarity and Development Party
 * }