Chairman of the State Administration Council

Chairman of the State Administration Council
နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ
since 2 February 2021
State Administration Council
TypeMilitary junta leader
AbbreviationSAC Chairman
Reports toCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services
ResidencePresidential Palace[1]
SeatNaypyidaw
AppointerCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services[2]
exercising emergency powers
Term lengthConcurrent with the state of emergency
Constituting instrumentCinCDS Order No (9/2021)[2]
PrecursorState Counsellor
Formation2 February 2021 (2021-02-02)
First holderMin Aung Hlaing
DeputyVice Chairman

The chairman of the State Administration Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ) is the head of Myanmar's ruling military junta, established in the 2021 coup d'état. Min Aung Hlaing is the current holder of the office, and also serves as the prime minister of the Provisional Government.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Min Aung Hlaing's Mania for the Presidency Is Alive and Well—and May Soon Bear Fruit". The Irrawaddy. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Right after the coup, [Min Aung Hlaing] moved straight into the Presidential Residence.
  2. ^ a b "Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). The Global New Light of Myanmar. 3 February 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sixth coordination meeting on COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment held; Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister of Caretaker Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers address". 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ "State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses Council meeting 13/2021". 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "SAC Chairman Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers". 11 August 2021.