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This article lists the prime ministers of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Union of Burma (1948–1974) | ||||||
| 1 |  | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) | 4 January 1948 | 12 June 1956 ( resigned.) | 8 years, 160 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| 2 |  | Ba Swe ဘဆွေ (1915–1987) | 12 June 1956 | 1 March 1957 | 262 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| (1) | | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) | 1 March 1957 | 29 October 1958 [a] | 1 year, 242 days | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| 3 |  | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) | 29 October 1958 | 4 April 1960 [b] | 1 year, 158 days | Military |
| (1) | | U Nu ဦးနု (1907–1995) | 4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 ( deposed.) | 1 year, 332 days | Union Party |
| (3) | | Ne Win နေဝင်း (1911–2002) | 2 March 1962 | 4 March 1974 | 12 years, 2 days | Military / Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988) | ||||||
| 4 |  | Sein Win စိန်ဝင်း (1919–1993) | 4 March 1974 | 29 March 1977 [c] | 3 years, 25 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 5 | | Maung Maung Kha မောင်မောင်ခ (1920–1995) | 29 March 1977 | 26 July 1988 ( resigned.) | 11 years, 119 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| 6 | | Tun Tin ထွန်းတင် (1920–2020) | 26 July 1988 | 18 September 1988 ( deposed.) | 54 days | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
Union of Burma / Myanmar (1988–2011) | ||||||
| 7 | | Saw Maung စောမောင် (1928–1997) | 21 September 1988 | 23 April 1992 (deposed.) [d] | 3 years, 215 days | Military |
| 8 |  | Than Shwe သန်းရွှေ (born 1933) | 23 April 1992 | 25 August 2003 | 11 years, 124 days | Military |
| 9 |  | Khin Nyunt ခင်ညွန့် (born 1939) | 25 August 2003 | 18 October 2004 (deposed.) [3] | 1 year, 54 days | Military |
| 10 |  | Soe Win စိုးဝင်း (1947–2007) | 19 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 (died in office. [4] ) | 2 years, 358 days | Military |
| 11 |  | Thein Sein သိန်းစိန် (born 1944) | 12 October 2007 | 30 March 2011 | 3 years, 169 days | Military (until 29 April 2010 [5] ) |
| Union Solidarity and Development Party (from 8 June 2010 [5] ) | ||||||
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present) | ||||||
| Position abolished (30 March 2011 – 1 August 2021) | ||||||
| 12 |  | Min Aung Hlaing မင်းအောင်လှိုင် (born 1956) | 1 August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 105 days | Military |
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