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The first known city-states emerged in central Myanmar in the second century AD. They were founded by Tibeto-Burman-speaking migrants from present-day Yunnan. [4] The history of Myanmar as a unified entity, formerly called Burma, began with the Pagan Kingdom in 849. In 1057, King Anawrahta founded the first
Myanmar is a unitary republic, with elected representatives at the national state or region levels. On the national level, the president who is the head of state and legislature, is elected indirectly through an Electoral College. According to the 2008 constitution, the term durations of the President, and Cabinet are five years. [1]
Before independence, Myanmar had two quasi-constitutions, The government of Burma Act, 1935 [8] and Constitution of Burma under Japanese occupation, 1943. [9] After independence, Myanmar adopted three constitutions in 1947, [10] 1974 [11] and 2008. [12] The 2008 constitution is the present constitution of Myanmar.
In the 21st century, other Myanmar leaders such as Aung San Suu Kyi have also supported developing a federal system. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2024, a committee formed of 12 political parties released a constitution and formed the People’s Representatives Committee for Federalism, proposing a federal system in Myanmar for a post- civil war era.
According to the constitution, the council shall be composed of 29 members.14 members are elected by the MPs of Pyithu Hluttaw by respective states and divisions. Another 14 members are elected by Pyithu Hluttaw, and the last member is the Prime Minister from Council of Ministers, the highest executive organ of the State. [1]
History of Myanmar; Prehistory of Myanmar 11,000–200 BCE; Pyu city-states 200 BCE – 1050 CE (Sri Ksetra Kingdom, Tagaung Kingdom) Mon kingdoms 825?–1057? CE (Thaton Kingdom) Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406; Pagan Kingdom 849–1297 Early Pagan Kingdom 849–1044; Warring states period. Upper Myanmar 1297–1555 Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms ...
The State and Region Governments (Burmese: ပြည်နယ်နှင့်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့များ) are the sub-cabinet of each states and regions of Myanmar. The Head of the state or region cabinet is Chief Minister. The Member of cabinet is Minister of the state or region.
The Cabinet of Myanmar, officially the Union Government (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့), is the executive body of the government of Myanmar led by the prime minister of Myanmar. [note 1] The Provisional Government serves as the current cabinet.