Opposition (Myanmar)
| Leader of the Opposition | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Parliament dissolved since 31 January 2021 | |
| Term length | While leader of the largest political party in the Assembly of the Union that is not in government |
| Inaugural holder | Sai Hla Kyaw |
The Opposition are the political parties represented in the Assembly of the Union that are not in government either on their own or as part of a governing coalition. The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the Assembly of the Union that is not in government.
The Leader of the Opposition is often seen as a President-in-Waiting or future Speaker of the Assembly of the Union and Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw or Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw.
List of leaders of the opposition since 2011
| Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political party | Assembly | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||||
| 1 | 
|
Sai Hla Kyaw (b. 1955) |
30 March 2011 | 12 May 2012 | 409 | Shan Nationalities Democratic Party | 1 (2010) | Thein Sein (2011–2016) | |
| style="background-color:Template:National League for Democracy/meta/color;" width=10px | ; color:white"| 2 | 
|
Aung San Suu Kyi[1] (b. 1945) |
12 May 2012 | 29 March 2016 | 1417 | National League for Democracy | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Union Solidarity and Development Party/meta/color;" width=10px | ; color:white"| 3 | 
|
Thein Sein (b. 1945) |
1 April 2016 | 23 August 2016 | 201 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | 2 (2015) | style="background-color:Template:National League for Democracy/meta/color;" width=10px | " | | Htin Kyaw (2016–2018) |
| style="background-color:Template:Union Solidarity and Development Party/meta/color;" width=10px | ; color:white"| 4 | File:Than Htay USDP.jpg | Than Htay[2][not in citation given] (b. 1954) |
23 August 2016 | 31 January 2021 | 1622 | Union Solidarity and Development Party | |||
| Win Myint (2018–2021) | |||||||||
| Assembly of the Union dissolved (2021–present) | |||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Aung San Suu Kyi re-elected leader of Burma's opposition party". The Guardian. Associated Press. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ Ei Ei Toe Lwin (24 August 2016). "U Thein Sein steps down as USDP chair". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2016. Unknown parameter
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