State Counsellor of Myanmar

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The State Counsellor of Myanmar was a de facto head-of-government role created for Aung San Suu Kyi to allow her to lead the civilian administration despite constitutional barriers to her becoming president.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position
political office
abolishedBy State Administration Council
abolishedFollowing 2021 Myanmar military coup d’état
appliesToJurisdiction Myanmar
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
appointedBy President of Myanmar
associatedPoliticalParty National League for Democracy
comparedTo Prime Minister of Burma
surface form: Prime Minister of Myanmar (as de facto equivalent)
confirmedBy Assembly of the Union of Myanmar
constitutionalContext created because the 2008 Constitution barred Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency
constitutionalStatus created by ordinary law rather than constitutional amendment
country Myanmar
createdBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
surface form: Assembly of the Union of Myanmar

National League for Democracy
surface form: National League for Democracy government
createdFor Aung San Suu Kyi
dateFormallyEstablished 2016-04-06
firstOfficeHolder Aung San Suu Kyi
governmentBranch executive branch of Myanmar
inceptionContext established after the 2015 Myanmar general election victory of the National League for Democracy
jurisdiction Union-level government of Myanmar
legalBasis State Counsellor Law
memberOf Government of Myanmar
surface form: Cabinet of Myanmar
nativeLabel State Counsellor of Myanmar self-linksurface differs
surface form: ပြည်ထောင်စုအတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်
nativeLanguage my
nominator President of Myanmar
officeAbolished 2021
officeHolder Aung San Suu Kyi
officeHolderEndTime Aung San Suu Kyi
surface form: Aung San Suu Kyi, 2021-02-01
officeHolderStartTime Aung San Suu Kyi
surface form: Aung San Suu Kyi, 2016-04-06
officeLocation Naypyidaw
officeType civilian leadership role
partOf Government of Myanmar
positionEstablished 2016
rankInProtocol senior civilian leadership position
reasonForCreation to allow Aung San Suu Kyi to lead the civilian administration despite constitutional barriers to her becoming president
relatedOffice Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
President of Myanmar
reportsTo Assembly of the Union of Myanmar
President of Myanmar
roleDescription advising the president
coordinating between the executive and legislative branches
roleInGovernment de facto head of government of Myanmar
seat Naypyidaw
status abolished
styleOfAddress Her Excellency
successorOffice none (functions effectively reabsorbed by military junta)
termLength same as presidential term

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Aung San Suu Kyi positionHeld State Counsellor of Myanmar
State Counsellor of Myanmar nativeLabel State Counsellor of Myanmar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ပြည်ထောင်စုအတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်