The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw () is the presiding officer of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the joint assembly of the bicameral legislature of Myanmar.
Election After the completion of an election cycle, the Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw convene their first sessions, during which the speakers and deputy speakers of both Houses are elected from among the representatives of the respective assemblies.
Upon the election of the speakers and deputy speakers of the two Houses, under the Constitution of Myanmar, the speaker and deputy speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw automatically fill in the role of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Union Assembly for a term of no more than 30 months, or half the parliamentary term, following which the speaker and deputy speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw continue as speaker and deputy speaker of the Union Assembly for the remainder of the parliamentary term.
List of speakers of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw No. Portrait Name(Born-Died) Term of office Political party AssemblyChamberTook officeLeft officeTime in office 1 Khin Aung Myint (b. 1945) 31 January 2011 1 July 2013 Union Solidarity and Development Party1stAmyotha Hluttaw 2 Shwe Mann (b. 1947) 1 July 2013 8 February 2016 Union Solidarity and Development PartyPyithu Hluttaw 3 Mahn Win Khaing Than (b. 1951) 8 February 2016 1 August 2018 National League for Democracy2ndAmyotha Hluttaw 4 T Khun Myat (b. 1949) 1 August 2018 20 March 2026 IndependentPyithu Hluttaw 5 Aung Lin Dwe (b. 1962) 20 March 2026 Incumbent Union Solidarity and Development Party3rdAmyotha Hluttaw
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