First Lady of Myanmar

First Lady of Myanmar
မဟာဒေဝီ
Incumbent Vacant since 7 August 2025
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw
Inaugural holder	Sao Nang Hearn Kham
Formation	4 January 1948

First Lady of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ၏ မဟာဒေဝီ(သို့)မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ သမ္မတကတော်) is the title held by the wife of the president or the head of the state. The first lady is also the patron of the Myanmar Women Affairs.

List of first ladies of Myanmar

No.	Name	Picture	President/Head of State	Take office	Left office	Days
1	Sao Nang Hearn Kham		Sao Shwe Thaik	4 January 1948 (1948-01-04)	12 March 1952 (1952-03-12)	1529
2	Khin Saw Oo (daughter of Ba U)		Ba U	16 March 1952 (1952-03-16)	13 March 1957 (1957-03-13)	1823
3	Mya May		Win Maung	13 March 1957 (1957-03-13)	2 March 1962 (1962-03-02)	1815
4	Khin May Than		Ne Win	2 March 1962 (1962-03-02)	30 September 1972 (1972-09-30)	3865
5	Ni Ni Myint			3 April 1973 (1973-04-03)
6	June Rose Bellamy			24 December 1976 (1976-12-24)	1 May 1977 (1977-05-01)	128
5	Ni Ni Myint				5 December 2002 (2002-12-05)
7	Than Shein		San Yu	9 November 1981 (1981-11-09)	27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)	2452
8	Shwe Tin		Sein Lwin
9	Khin May Hnin		Maung Maung	19 August 1988 (1988-08-19)	18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)	30
10	Aye Yee		Saw Maung
11	Kyaing Kyaing		Than Shwe	23 April 1992 (1992-04-23)	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)	6915
12	Khin Khin Win		Thein Sein	30 March 2011 (2011-03-30)	30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)	1827
13	Su Su Lwin		Htin Kyaw	30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)	21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)	721
–	Khin Thet Htay (Acting)		Myint Swe	21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)	30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)	9
14	Cho Cho	Error creating thumbnail:	Win Myint	30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)	1039
–	Khin Thet Htay (Acting)		Myint Swe	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)	7 August 2025 (2025-08-07)	1648

Timeline

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References

"Sao Shwe Thaik's first presidential address to the nation, on January 4, 1948"

Leaders of Myanmar (Burma)

https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D71F3BF936A35754C0A96F948260