Chairman of the State Administration Council

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| post = Chairman

| body = the State Administration Council

| native_name = {{lang|my|နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ}}

| insignia = State seal of Myanmar.svg

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| insigniacaption = State Seal of Myanmar

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| image = Мин Аун Хлайн в Татарстане 04 (25-06-2021) (cropped 3).jpg

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| incumbent = Min Aung Hlaing

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| incumbentsince = 2 February 2021

| department = State Administration Council

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| type = Military junta leader

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| abbreviation = SAC Chairman

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| reports_to = Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

| residence = Presidential Palace{{cite news |title=Min Aung Hlaing's Mania for the Presidency Is Alive and Well—and May Soon Bear Fruit |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/min-aung-hlaings-mania-for-the-presidency-is-alive-and-well-and-may-soon-bear-fruit.html |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=The Irrawaddy |date=6 January 2023 |quote=Right after the coup, [Min Aung Hlaing] moved straight into the Presidential Residence.}}

| seat = Naypyidaw

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| appointer = Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=3 February 2021|title=Order No (9/2021), Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Republic of the Union of Myanmar|url=https://cdn.myanmarseo.com/file/client-cdn/gnlm/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3_Feb_21_gnlm.pdf|work=The Global New Light of Myanmar|page=3|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402124803/https://cdn.myanmarseo.com/file/client-cdn/gnlm/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3_Feb_21_gnlm.pdf|url-status=live}}

| appointer_qualified = exercising emergency powers

| termlength = Concurrent with the state of emergency

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| constituting_instrument = CinCDS Order No (9/2021)

| formation = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|2|2}}

| first = Min Aung Hlaing

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| deputy = Vice Chairman

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| precursor = State Counsellor

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The chairman of the State Administration Council ({{langx|my|နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ}}) is the head of Myanmar's ruling military junta, established in the 2021 coup d'état. Min Aung Hlaing is the current holder of the office, and also serves as the prime minister of the Provisional Government.{{cite news |title=Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-military-ruler-promises-elections-says-ready-work-with-asean-2021-08-01/ |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=Reuters |date=1 August 2021}}{{Cite news |date=2 August 2021 |title=Sixth coordination meeting on COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment held; Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister of Caretaker Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers address|url=https://www.cincds.gov.mm/node/13878|access-date=}}{{Cite news |date=8 August 2021 |title=State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses Council meeting 13/2021|url=https://www.cincds.gov.mm/node/13952|access-date=}}{{Cite news |date=11 August 2021 |title=SAC Chairman Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers|url=https://www.cincds.gov.mm/node/14004|access-date=}}

Background

On 1 February 2021, the Tatmadaw (military of Myanmar) launched a coup on the democratically elected members of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy.{{cite web|agency=Reuters|date=1 February 2021|title=Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20210201014444-5u7cm|website=news.trust.org}} The leader of the coup, Min Aung Hlaing, became the de facto leader of the state after the coup.{{Cite news|date=2021-02-01|title=Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55882489|access-date=2021-02-03}} A day after the coup, Min Aung Hlaing formalized his leadership by forming the State Administration Council, in which he assumed office as the chairman.{{cite web|date=2021-02-02|title=Myanmar military announces new State Administration Council|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-military-announces-new-state-administrative-council.html|access-date=2021-02-03|website=The Myanmar Times|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203131316/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-military-announces-new-state-administrative-council.html|url-status=dead}}

Powers

As Min Aung Hlaing concurrently held office as the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, he has the right to exercise legislative, judicative, and executive powers. His chairman office exercises his legislative power.

Chairman

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2\| Portrait ! rowspan=2\| Name {{small\|(birth–death)}} ! colspan=3\| Term of office ! rowspan=2\| Deputy(s)
Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
100px \| Min Aung Hlaing {{small\|(born 1956)}} \| 2 February 2021 \| Incumbent \| {{age in years and days\|2021\|2\|2}} \| Soe Win

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| Min Aung Hlaing
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| 2 February 2021

| Incumbent

| {{age in years and days|2021|2|2}}

| Soe Win

{{anchor|Vice Chairman}}Vice Chairman

{{Infobox official post

| post = Vice Chairman