The Presidential Palace () is the executive office and official residence of the

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

head of state and government, the

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, and located in the capital city of

Nay Pyi Taw Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's ...

. The 100-room palace is a complex of buildings, surrounded by a

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that can be crossed by bridges. The palace was constructed by Eden Construction, while the roads and bridges leading to the palace were overseen by the military's Engineering Corps. Acting President

Myint Swe Myint Swe (; ; born 5 June 1950) is a Burmese politician and retired army officer who has been Vice President of Myanmar since 30 March 2016 and previously served as Acting President of Myanmar from 1 February 2021 to 22 July 2024. He also s ...

did not move into the Presidential Palace following the 2021 coup d'état. Instead, junta leader

Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Council, chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) since seizing power in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Fe ...

occupied the palace. Min Aung Hlaing has held diplomatic receptions and award ceremonies at the palace, for which he has worn the

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, even before he assumed the presidential post in 2024. The

2025 Myanmar earthquake On 28 March 2025 at 12:50:52 Myanmar Time, MMT (06:20:52 UTC), a 7.7–7.9 earthquake struck the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, with an epicenter close to Mandalay, the country's second-largest city. The strike-slip shock achieved a maximum Modif ...

on 28 March significantly damaged the palace.

Gallery

File:Clinton and President Thein Sein.jpg,

Thein Sein Thein Sein (; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired military general who served as the 9th President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, and was considered by many ...

with

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File:Secretary Kerry Meets Burmese President Thein Sein - Flickr - East Asia and Pacific Media Hub (2).jpg, Thein Sein with

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in front of the

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meeting with President Thein Sein File:Secretary Clinton with Burmese First Lady in Nay Pyi Taw (6464632633).jpg, President, First Lady and Hillary Clinton File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the President of Myanmar, Mr. U. Htin Kyaw, at Presidential Palace, in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on September 05, 2017 (2).jpg,

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meeting with President

Htin Kyaw Htin Kyaw (, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the office with no ties to the military since ...

at Presidential Palace in 2017

References

{{reflist Presidential residences Residential buildings completed in 2010 Buildings and structures in Naypyidaw 2010 establishments in Myanmar Buildings and structures destroyed by the 2025 Myanmar earthquake

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See also

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