| နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Myanmar |
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| Minister responsible |
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| Website | presoffministry |
TheOffice of the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese:ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး) is a ministry-level body that serves thePresident of Myanmar. Since the2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the position has remained vacant.
Currently, the Office of the President was renamed as Office of the State Administration Council Chairman[2][3][4] and led by permanent Secretary, Zaw Than Thin.
On 4 September 2012, thePyidaungsu Hluttaw approved an expansion of the office from two ministries into six to improve efficiencies on ongoing peace processes, preparations for the2013 Southeast Asian Games and Burma's hosting of the 2014ASEAN Summit.[5] On 9 January 2013 Thein Sein appointed deputyMinister of InformationYe Htut as his office's first official spokesperson.[6] The responsibility had been previously handled byZaw Htay, the office's director. The office has since been reduced to one ministry under PresidentHtin Kyaw. After PresidentHtin Kyaw,Win Myint served as the President of Myanmar.
From 2016 to 2021, the State Counsellor isAung San Suu Kyi. She also served asMinister of Foreign Affairs. She played a vital role inMyanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s and won the 2020 elections but on 1 February 2021, she was detained by the military during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
After the coup,SAC renamed the office as the Office of theState Administration Council Chairman.[3]
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1(a) | Thein Nyunt | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| 1(b) | Soe Maung | 30 March 2011 | 30 March 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| 1(c) |  | Soe Thein | 27 August 2012 | 30 March 2016 | 3 years, 216 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| 1(d) |  | Aung Min | 27 August 2012 | 30 March 2016 | 3 years, 216 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| 1(e) | Hla Tun | 27 August 2012 | 30 March 2016 | 3 years, 216 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| 1(f) | Tin Naing Thein | 27 August 2012 | 30 March 2016 | 3 years, 216 days | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |
| 2 | .jpg) | Aung San Suu Kyi | 30 March 2016 | 1 February 2021 | 4 years, 308 days | National League for Democracy |
Thein Sein has appointed several presidential advisory board during his term, including economics, legal, education, and religious affairs committees. A 9-member advisory board[7] was appointed on 19 April 2011, under Notification No. 1/2011.[8] On 18 June 2014, the team was expanded to include religious affairs advisors, led byMyint Maung andSein Win Aung, a former ambassador who is the father-in-law ofThein Sein's daughter.[9][10][11]
As of 2014, the advisory teams and leaders included:
ThePresident andVice Presidents seated at President Office located atPresidential Palace.The Ministry of President's Office which serve the President is located at Office No(18), Naypyitaw.The Ministry Office is co-opened withMinistry of Union Government Office.[1] A new Ministry Office is under construction near theUnion Supreme Court.[13] Office No. 18 is the office building of theState Peace and Development Council and the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office during the previous SPDC government.
