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 The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar () is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar. The president leads the Cabinet of Myanmar, the executive branch of the Burmese government. The current presiden ...

. 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 * Region or state chief ministers of Myanmar