The following lists events that happened during

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

in the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Thein Sein Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...

* First Vice President:

Sai Mauk Kham Dr Sai Mauk Kham ( shn, ၸၢႆးမွၵ်ႇၶမ်း, my, စိုင်းမောက်ခမ်း ; born 17 August 1949) is a Burmese politician and physician who currently serves as a House of Representatives MP for Lashio To ...

* Second Vice President:

Nyan Tun '' Thray Sithu'' Nyan Tun ( my, ဉာဏ်ထွန်း; born 12 January 1954) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for Zigon Township constituency. He previously served as Sec ...

Events

January

* January - An estimated of 1,000 people reported to have been displaced due to the clashes.

February

* February 13 -

2015 Kokang offensive The 2015 Kokang offensive was a series of military operations launched by the Myanmar Army in 2015 in Kokang in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). Several clashes between the Myanmar Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army had take ...

** In the northeast, 47 soldiers were killed in fighting against Kokang rebels. * February 14 -

** The Burmese government launches airstrikes against the Kokang rebels. * February 15 -

** Around a dozen

Kokang Kokang ( my, ကိုးကန့်; ) is a region in Myanmar (Burma). It is located in the northern part of Shan State, with the Salween River to its west, and sharing a border with China's Yunnan Province to the east. Its total land area i ...

rebels by the

Myanmar Army The Myanmar Army ( my, တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း), ) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The My ...

and another eight are captured.

March

* March 3 - Myanmar students on a march to Yangon to protest an academic bill defy a police order to disperse in Letpadan Township. * March 13 - **

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

sends fighter jets to the border of Myanmar after an attempted bombing of rebels on Chinese land kills 4 people. ** A ferry sinks off the Burmese coast, leaving 21 dead and 26 missing.

April

* April 19 -

** Burmese authorities claim that 126 Burmese soldiers died in clashes with the

Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army , logo = Flag of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.svg , caption = Flag of the MNDAA , active= – present , leader = Peng Daxun , ideology = Kokang nationalism Separatism , partof = Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party ...

in Kokang since February.

May

* May -

2015 Rohingya refugee crisis In 2015, tens of thousands of Rohingya people were forcibly displaced from their villages and IDP camps in Rakhine State, Myanmar, due to sectarian violence. Some fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, but most travelled to Southeast Asian countrie ...

** 469 Rohingya from Myanmar on two boats reach western

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

have been turned away by the

Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, , Indonesian National Military-Naval Force, TNI-AL) is the naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol I ...

. Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees also arrive in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

but are detained. The Myanmar Navy rescues two boats with 208 migrants during international pressure to make the

Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...

citizens of Burma to end the refugee crisis. * May 23 - President

signs the Population Control Health Care Bill requiring parents to space each child apart by three years.

July

* July 16: 2015 Myanmar floods

August

* August 10: Black Ribbon Movement Myanmar **A movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health.

November

* November 8:

2015 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the mil ...

* November 22:

2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster On 21 November 2015, a major landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing. Landslide The landslide occurred in the early morning hours, when a man-made heap of w ...

**A major landslide in

Hpakant Hpakant ( my, ဖားကန့်, ; Shan Language: ၽႃၵၢၼ်ႉ, also Hpakan and Phakant) is a town in Hpakant Township, Kachin State of the northernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is located on the Uyu River 350 km north of Ma ...

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...

, northern

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.

References

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