Union Government of Myanmar
Burmese:ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့
Central government
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Overview
State	Myanmar
Leader	Prime Minister[note 1]
Appointed by	National Defence and Security Council[note 1]
Ministries	Thirty-one
Responsible to	National Defence and Security Council[note 1]
Headquarters	Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw
Website	Official website

TheCabinet of Myanmar, officially theUnion Government (Burmese:ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့), is theexecutive body of thegovernment of Myanmar led by theprime minister of Myanmar.^{[note 1]} Thecabinet of Nyo Saw is the current cabinet.

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TheConstitution of Myanmar stipulates that Union Ministers must beBurmese citizens who have been living in the country for at least ten consecutive years:^[1]

1. persons who have attained the age of 40 years;
2. persons who have qualifications, with the exception of the age limit, prescribed in Section 120 forPyithu Hluttaw representatives;
3. persons whose qualification does not breach the provisions under Section 121 which disqualify a person from standing for election as Pyithu Hluttaw representatives;
4. persons loyal to the Union and its citizens

The Commander-in-Chief appoints the Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs and Border Affairs, selecting candidates from within theDefence Services (Tatmadaw), while the President appoints the remainder.^[1]

The President also appoints the Deputy Ministers of the respective ministries, following the same qualifications as those for Union Ministers, with the exception of age (35 years, instead of 40).

On 31 July 2025, junta leaderMin Aung Hlaing appointedNyo Saw as prime minister. His appointment came as the country preparing forgeneral elections later in the year.

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The Cabinet was sworn on 1 February 2021 inNaypyidaw, after being appointed byCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesMin Aung Hlaing.^[2][3][4]

The cabinet was sworn on 30 March 2018 at theAssembly of the Union inNaypyidaw, after being appointed by PresidentWin Myint.^[16]

The Cabinet was sworn on 30 March 2016 at theAssembly of the Union inNaypyidaw, after being appointed by PresidentHtin Kyaw, after the oppositionNational League for Democracy (NLD) won a majority in both chambers of the parliament. Under theconstitution, three ministers – of Border Affairs, Defence and Home Affairs – are appointed by theNational Defence and Security Council. The remaining 15 ministers were appointed by Htin Kyaw and included a majority from the NLD, but also two members of the former ruling party, theUnion Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and a number of independents.^[17] The cabinet head, Htin Kyaw, resigned on 21 March 2018 andWin Myint became the new president.

On 12 August 2015, MinisterTin Naing Thein,Myat Hein,Khin Yi andThan Htay, who will be competing in the8 November election had resigned, and Lt-GenWai Lwin and Lt-GenThet Naing Win had moved to their former military responsibilities, replaced by Lt-Gen Sein Win and Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe.^[18]

On 19 June 2014,Hsan Sint was dismissed from the office of Minister of Religious Affairs and brought to court for corruption. He is the first Minister dismissed openly. He was succeeded by Soe Win, Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs and former Deputy Minister for Ministry of Information.^[21] Minister for InformationAung Kyi and Minister for HealthPe Thet Khin were allowed to resign on 29 July 2014.^[22] They are succeeded byYe Htut andThan Aung, Deputy Ministers.^[23]

On 4 September 2012,Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approved the government's reshuffle of ministries, increasing the number to 36, including six ministers located in the President's Office. ThePresident approved the resignation ofZaw Min, Union Minister for Electric Power-1, andKhin Maung Myint, UnionMinister for Construction. The President also approved the resignation of Union Auditor-General Lun Maung on 28 August.Thein Hteik, Union Minister for Mines, was appointed as Union Auditor-General, and Lt-Gen Wai Lwin of the Office of Commander-in-Chief (Army) as Union Defence Minister. Wai Lwin was replaced Lt-GenHla Min, who was reassigned to the military.^[24] During the government's majorcabinet reshuffle, nine ministers have been reassigned, mainly with four transferred to the President's Office and one,Aung Kyi, named as the newMinister for Information, replacingKyaw Hsan, who was transferred to the Ministry of Cooperatives as minister. In the present reformation of the cabinet, Ministries of Electric Power No. 1 and 2 were combined into one as the Ministry of Electric Power, while the Ministry of Industrial Development was abolished.^[25][26]

On 16 January 2013, Minister for Communications and Information Technology,Thein Tun andMinister for Religious Affairs, ThuraMyint Maung abruptly resigned.Thein Tun was the first government minister known to have been investigated for corruption under the new government. San Sint, Speaker ofAyeyarwady Region Hluttaw succeeded Thura Myint Maung later. On 13 February 2013, former Commander-in-Chief ofair force, GeneralMyat Hein become minister for Communications and Information Technology.^[20]

This appointments serve as a reminder that most ministers in the government are former officers who played a role in the previousmilitary junta. Since taking office in 2011, thereformistpresident, who is himself a former general, has selected former seniormilitary officers into government as it simply continues the flawed practices of past military rule, and given only a handful of posts to people without a military background.^[27]

The Cabinet was sworn in on 30 March 2011 at theHluttaw complex inNaypyidaw, after being appointed by PresidentThein Sein.^[28] Four ministers, namely of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Border Affairs were nominated by Commander-in-ChiefThan Shwe.^[29] Two ministries, the Ministry of the President's Office and the Ministry of Industrial Development were created by theHluttaw (Parliament) on 9 February 2011.^[29]

The overwhelming majority of Ministers areUnion Solidarity and Development Party members of parliament ormilitary officers affiliated with the formerState Peace and Development Council (SPDC), and four are civilians.^[30] 12 have previously held ministerial posts, while another 7 have held deputy ministerial posts during the SPDC administration. 3 are former regional army commanders. On 10 August 2011, the cabinet was reshuffled, with Kyaw Swa Khaing, previously the Minister of Industry No. 1 (with Minister of Industry No. 2, Soe Thein, concurrently becoming head of the Ministry of Industry-1), appointed as co-Minister of the President's Office.^[31]

On 15 May 2006 the cabinet was reshuffled. The changes were:^[33]

On 14 September 2002 a minor cabinet reshuffle was reported:^[34]

On 30 October 1999, theState Peace and Development Council issued a proclamation replacingOhn Gyaw withWin Aung, the Burmese ambassador to the United Kingdom.^[35]

On 14 November 1998, theState Peace and Development Council issued a proclamation replacingOhn Gyaw withWin Aung, the Burmese ambassador to the United Kingdom.^[36][37]

On 21 December 1997, theState Peace and Development Council announced a cabinet reshuffle:^[38]

On 15 November 1997 theState Peace and Development Council issued a proclamation naming the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers in the government. They were:^[39]

On 17 June 1995 the cabinet was reshuffled, increasing the cabinet size and the number of military people with ministerial positions:^[40]

The outgoing Minister of Social welfare, relief and resettlement was appointed Minister of Culture, and the Minister of Culture was reassigned to the security management committee.

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