| State Counsellor of Myanmar | |
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| မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် | |
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| Style | His/Her Excellency (formal) State Counsellor (informal) |
| Type | Head of government |
| Status | Office abolished[1] |
| Seat | Naypyidaw |
| Nominator | Assembly of the Union |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | Equivalent to incumbent President (5 years, renewable once) |
| Inaugural holder | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Formation | 6 April 2016 |
| Abolished | 1 February 2021 |
| Superseded by | Chairman of the State Administration Council |
| Website | www |
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The state counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) was the de facto head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister, from 2016 to 2021.[2] The office was created in 2016 after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won the 2015 Myanmar general election so she could lead the government despite being constitutionally ineligible for the presidency.[3] The officeholder could “contact ministries, departments, organizations, associations and individuals” in an official capacity, while being accountable to parliament.[4] The office was abolished by Aung San Suu Kyi's political adversary, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing, after he seized power from her in a 2021 military coup d'état.[1]
- ^ a b Faulder, Dominic (1 February 2023). "Myanmar's iron-fisted ruler Min Aung Hlaing fights to stay on his throne". Nikkei Asia. Bangkok, Thailand. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
The aforementioned analyst describes the general's 'burning, passionate hatred' for one woman -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's former de facto leader as state counselor (a post now abolished) who has been locked away since early 2021 on trumped-up and often frivolous charges in Naypyitaw.
- ^ "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. - ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi set to get PM-type role in Myanmar government". the Guardian. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ McKirdy, Euan (7 April 2016). "New government role created for Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi". CNN. Retrieved 17 January 2022.