The chairman of the State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ) is the head of

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's ruling

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, established in the 2021 coup d'état.

Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing ( my, မင်းအောင်လှိုင် abbreviated: MAL ; born 3 July 1956) also known as Alaungsithu is a Burmese politician and army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Coun ...

is the current holder of the office, and also serves as the

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of the

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Background

On 1 February 2021, the military of Myanmar launched a coup on the

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members of

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, the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanm ...

. The leader of the coup, Min Aung Hlaing, became the ''de facto'' leader of the state after the coup. 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.

Powers

As Min Aung Hlaing concurrently held office as the commander-in-chief of the

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, he has the right to exercise legislative, judicative, and executive powers. His chairman office exercises his legislative power.

Chairman

Vice Chairman

The vice chairman of the State Administration Council is the junta's second-ranked official.

References

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Background

Powers

Chairman

Vice Chairman

See also

References