State Counselor of Myanmar
| State Counsellor of Myanmar မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် |
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| Style | His/Her Excellency the State Counsellor |
| Residence | Naypyidaw |
| Nominator | Assembly of the Union |
| Appointer | President of Myanmar |
| Term length | Equivalent to incumbent President (5 years, renewable once) |
| Inaugural holder | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Formation | 6 April 2016 |
| Website | www |
The State Counsellor of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်) is the de facto head of government of Myanmar equivalent to the Prime Minister.
The post was created on 6 April 2016 to allow for a greater role for Aung San Suu Kyi within the Government of Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in the 2015 Myanmar general election but she is constitutionally barred from becoming President of Myanmar as her husband Michael Aris and her two children hold British nationality.
The bill to create the post was passed by the upper house of the Assembly of the Union on 1 April 2016 and by the lower house on 5 April 2016, and signed by President Htin Kyaw on 6 April 2016.
The post of State Counsellor is similar to that of a Prime Minister in that it allows the holder to work across all areas of government and to act as a link between the executive and legislative branches. The State Counsellor has a term of five years, the same term as that of the President.
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