| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Burma |
| Flag: | Flag of the Governor of Burma (1939–1948).svg |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Flagcaption: | Standard of the Governor, 1939–1948 |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Residence: | Government House, Rangoon |
| Appointer: | Monarch of the United Kingdom |
| Formation: | 31 January 1862 |
| First: | Arthur Purves Phayre |
| Last: | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance |
| Abolished: | 4 January 1948 |
| Succession: | President of Myanmar |
The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.
As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| British Burma | ||||||
| Chief commissioner | ||||||
| 1 | Arthur Purves Phayre | 31 January 1862 | 16 February 1867 | |||
| 2 | Albert Fytche | 16 February 1867 | 18 April 1871 | |||
| 3 | Ashley Eden | 18 April 1871 | 14 April 1875 | |||
| 4 | Augustus Rivers Thompson | 14 April 1875 | 30 April 1877 | |||
| 30 April 1877 | 30 March 1878 | |||||
| 5 | Charles Umpherston Aitchison | 30 March 1878 | 2 July 1880 | |||
| 6 | Charles Bernard | 2 July 1880 | 4 April 1882 | |||
| 4 April 1882 | 2 March 1883 | |||||
| 7 | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite | 2 March 1883 | 28 February 1884 | |||
| 28 February 1884 | 25 September 1886 | |||||
| (6) | Charles Bernard | 25 September 1886 | 12 March 1887 | |||
| (7) | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite | 12 March 1887 | 10 December 1890 | |||
| 8 | Alexander Mackenzie | 10 December 1890 | 3 April 1895 | |||
| 9 | Frederick William Richards Fryer | 3 April 1895 | 1 May 1897 | |||
| Lieutenant governor | ||||||
| 1 | Frederick William Richards Fryer | 1 May 1897 | 4 April 1903 | |||
| 2 | Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes | 4 April 1903 | 9 May 1905 | |||
| 3 | Sir Herbert Thirkell White | 9 May 1905 | 19 May 1910 | |||
| 4 | Sir Harvey Adamson | 19 May 1910 | 28 October 1915 | |||
| – | Sir George Shaw | 15 May 1913 | 1 November 1913 | |||
| 5 | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler | 28 October 1915 | 22 September 1917 | |||
| – | Walter Francis Rice | 22 September 1917 | 15 February 1918 | |||
| 6 | Sir Reginald Henry Craddock | 15 February 1918 | 21 December 1922 | |||
| 5 | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler | 21 December 1922 | 2 January 1923 | |||
| Governor | ||||||
| 1 | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler | 2 January 1923 | 20 December 1927 | |||
| 2 | Sir Charles Alexander Innes | 20 December 1927 | 20 December 1932 | years | ||
| 3 | Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson | 20 December 1932 | 8 May 1936 | |||
| 4 | Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane | 8 May 1936 | 6 May 1941 | |||
| 5 | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith | 6 May 1941 | 31 August 1946 | |||
| Japanese Occupation of British Burma | ||||||
| Military commander | ||||||
| 1 | Lieutenant general Shōjirō Iida | 20 April 1942 | 18 March 1943 | |||
| 2 | General Masakazu Kawabe | 18 March 1943 | 30 August 1944 | |||
| 3 | General Heitarō Kimura | 30 August 1944 | 15 August 1945 | |||
| Allied military administration | ||||||
| Military governor | ||||||
| 1 | Actg. Admiral Lord Mountbatten | 1 January 1944 | October 1945 | |||
| 2 | Major general Sir Hubert Elvin Rance | October 1945 | 31 August 1946 | |||
| British Burma | ||||||
| Governor | ||||||
| 1 | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance | 31 August 1946 | 4 January 1948 | |||