Mayor of Yangon

Mayor of the City of Yangon ; ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်
	Incumbent; Maung Maung Soe; since 5 April 2016
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Yangon City Development Committee
Nominator	Chief Minister of Yangon Region
Appointer	President of Myanmar
Term length	5 years

The Mayor of Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ဝန်) is the head of Yangon's government. The mayor concurrently serves as the chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee.[1]

History

The office of the mayor and the municipal government of Rangoon were established by the British colonial government in 1874 per the Act of 1874, Article 7. The charter of the municipal government was changed per the Burma Act of 1898, and again updated per the City of Rangoon Municipal Act of August 1922.[2]

List

The following is a list of mayors of Yangon, Myanmar.

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Ne Myo Nawrahta[3]	1757	?

Richard Rushall	1930	19??
David Sophaer
Charles Haswell Campagnac
Ba Win[4]	1939	19??
Tin Pe[5]	1985	1986
Aung Khin	1986	1988
Ko Lay	1988	2003
Aung Thein Lin	2003	2011
Hla Myint	2011	2016
Maung Maung Soe	2016

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References

"The City of Yangon Development Law" (PDF). The State Law and Order Restoration Council. 14 May 1990. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271
Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma. p. 222.
"Rotary Returns to Rangoon". The Rotarian. Rotary International. 69 (3): 23. Sep 1946. ISSN 0035-838X.
"History of Yangon". yangoncity.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2011-04-07.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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[1] "The City of Yangon Development Law" (PDF). The State Law and Order Restoration Council. 14 May 1990. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[msk-11-271-2] Myanma Swezon Kyan Vol. 11 1970: 271

[aa-222-3] Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma. p. 222.

[tr-69-3-23-4] "Rotary Returns to Rangoon". The Rotarian. Rotary International. 69 (3): 23. Sep 1946. ISSN 0035-838X.

[5] "History of Yangon". yangoncity.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2011-04-07.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)