State Counsellor of Myanmar
de facto head of government of Myanmar
The state counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) was the title of the de facto head of government of Myanmar. The office was similar to that of a prime minister.[1]
| State Counsellor of Myanmar
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 1 February 2021 | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency (formal) State Counsellor (informal) |
| 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 |
The office is currently vacant after the arrest of the first and only state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
References change
- ↑ "Aung San Suu Kyi: The democracy icon who fell from grace". BBC. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
[...]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.
