State Counsellor of Myanmar

State Counsellor of Myanmar
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်
Incumbent
Aung San Suu Kyi
since 6 April 2016
Style His/Her Excellency the State Counsellor
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.statecounsellor.gov.mm
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The State Counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) is the de facto head of government of Myanmar, equivalent to a prime minister.

Background

The post was created on 6 April 2016 to allow for a greater role for Aung San Suu Kyi within the Government of Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in the 2015 Myanmar general election; however she is constitutionally barred from becoming President of Myanmar as her husband Michael Aris was a Briton and her two children also hold British nationality.[1]

The bill to create the post was passed by the upper house of the Assembly of the Union on 1 April 2016 and by the lower house on 5 April 2016, and signed by President Htin Kyaw on 6 April 2016.[1][2]

Roles and responsibilities

The post of State Counsellor is similar to that of a Prime Minister in that it allows the holder to work across all areas of government[3] and to act as a link between the executive and legislative branches. The State Counsellor has a term of five years, the same term as that of the President.[4]

List of State Counsellors

No. Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of Office Political Party Cabinet President Assembly
Term start Term end Term in office
1 Aung San Suu Kyi
(1945–)		 6 April 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 190 days National League for Democracy II NLD—Mil. Htin Kyaw, Win Myint 2 (2015)
Concurrently serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and for the Office of the President as well as leader of the majority party, the National League for Democracy.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Aung San Suu Kyi to become 'State Counsellor' of Myanmar". ABC News.
  2. ↑ "Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Myanmar state counselor: spokesman". Xinhua News. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2016/04/05/suu-kyi-consolidates-power-in-parliament.html
  4. ↑ "Myanmar MPs approve Suu Kyi as 'advisor to state'". Anadolu Agency.
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