| Post: | Chairman |
| Body: | the State Administration Council |
| Native Name: | Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ |
| Insignia: | State seal of Myanmar.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | State Seal of Myanmar |
| Incumbent: | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Incumbentsince: | 2 February 2021 |
| Department: | State Administration Council |
| Type: | Military junta leader |
| Abbreviation: | SAC Chairman |
| Reports To: | Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services |
| Residence: | Presidential Palace[1] |
| Seat: | Naypyidaw |
| Appointer: | Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services[2] |
| Appointer Qualified: | exercising emergency powers |
| Termlength: | Concurrent with the state of emergency |
| Constituting Instrument: | CinCDS Order No (9/2021) |
| First: | Min Aung Hlaing |
| Deputy: | Vice Chairman |
| Precursor: | State Counsellor |
The chairman of the State Administration Council (my|နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဥက္ကဋ္ဌ) is the head of Myanmar's ruling military junta, established in the 2021 coup d'état. Min Aung Hlaing is the current holder of the office, and also serves as the prime minister of the Provisional Government.[3] [4] [5] [6]
On 1 February 2021, the Tatmadaw (military of Myanmar) launched a coup on the democratically elected members of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy.[7] The leader of the coup, Min Aung Hlaing, became the de facto leader of the state after the coup.[8] A day after the coup, Min Aung Hlaing formalized his leadership by forming the State Administration Council, in which he assumed office as the chairman.[9]
As Min Aung Hlaing concurrently held office as the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, he has the right to exercise legislative, judicative, and executive powers. His chairman office exercises his legislative power.
| Post: | Vice Chairman |
| Body: | the State Administration Council |
| Insignia: | State seal of Myanmar.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | State Seal of Myanmar |
| Incumbent: | Soe Win |
| Incumbentsince: | 2 February 2021 |
| Department: | State Administration Council |
| Type: | Military junta deputy leader |
| Abbreviation: | SAC Vice Chairman |
| Reports To: | Chairman |
| Seat: | Naypyidaw |
| Appointer: | Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services |
| Appointer Qualified: | exercising emergency powers |
| Termlength: | Concurrent with the state of emergency |
| Constituting Instrument: | CinCDS Order No (9/2021) |
| Formation: | 2 February 2021 |
| First: | Soe Win |
The Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council is the junta's second-ranked official.