The Region Chief Minister ( my, တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ်) or State Chief Minister ( my, ပြည်နယ်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်) serves as the
chief executive
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of each of the respective regional or state governments of Myanmar.
According to the
Constitution of Myanmar
The Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ, links=, transli ...
, the Chief Minister is responsible for forming
the state and regional governments, and for signing and promulgating bills approved by the
State and Region Hluttaws
Myanmar ( also known as ''Burma'') is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include seven states (; ''pyi ne'', ), seven regions (; ''taing detha gyi'', ), five self-administered zones and one self-administered division (Wa ...
.
Qualifications
Chief Ministers must be at least 35 years old and meet the qualifications of
Pyithu Hluttaw
The Pyithu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, ; House of Representatives) is the ''de jure'' lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of whic ...
representatives. They are appointed by the
President of Myanmar
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.
Chief Ministers must be selected from representatives of the respective regional or state assemblies as prescribed in the constitution, although a notable exception to this ruling was the appointment of General Maung Maung Ohn as the Chief Minister of Rakhine State in June 2014.
Government office
The Region or State Administration Department functions as the Region or State government. The Region or State Department of General Administration is also the office of the Region or State Mission.
Current Chief Ministers
List of Chief Ministers
Ayeyarwady Region
Bago Region
Magway Region
Mandalay Region
Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...
Sagaing Region
Tanintharyi Region
Yangon Region
Chin State
Kachin State
Kayah State
Kayin State
Mon State
Rakhine State
Shan State
References
{{Government of Burma
Lists of office-holders
State and region governments of Myanmar
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Region or state chief ministers of Myanmar