Mayor of Yangon

Mayor of the City of Yangon
ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်
Incumbent
Bo Htay
since 11 February 2021
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofYangon City Development Committee
NominatorChief Minister of Yangon Region
AppointerPresident of Myanmar
Term length5 years

The Mayor of Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်) is the head of Yangon's government. The mayor concurrently serves as the chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee.[1]

History

The office of the mayor and the municipal government of Rangoon were established by the British colonial government in 1874 per the Act of 1874, Article 7. The charter of the municipal government was changed per the Burma Act of 1898, and again updated per the City of Rangoon Municipal Act of August 1922.[2]

List

The following is a list of mayors of Yangon, Myanmar.

No. Name Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Tin Pe 1 April 1985 15 August 1986 1 year, 136 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
2 Aung Khin (politician) 15 August 1986 18 September 1988 2 years, 34 days Burma Socialist Programme Party
3 Ko Lay 18 September 1988 26 August 2003 14 years, 342 days Myanmar Military
4 Aung Thein Lin 26 August 2003 6 April 2011 7 years, 223 days Myanmar Military
5 Hla Myint 6 April 2011 6 April 2016 5 years Union Solidarity and Development Party
6 Maung Maung Soe 6 April 2016 31 January 2021 4 years, 300 days Independent
7 Bo Htay 11 February 2021[3] current 3 years, 331 days Independent

References

  1. ^ "The City of Yangon Development Law" (PDF). The State Law and Order Restoration Council. 14 May 1990. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271
  3. ^ "စည်ပင်ဌာနမှူးဟောင်းကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်အဖြစ် စစ်ကောင်စီခန့်အပ်" (in Burmese).