Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (Burmese: ဒုတိယ တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်) is the second highest military rank in the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. The Deputy Commander-in-Chief is appointed by the President, in consultation with the National Defence and Security Council, of which they are also a member.[1] The Deputy Commander-in-Chief also traditionally serves as army commander-in-chief.[2]

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
ဒုတိယ တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်
flag of deputy commander in chief
Incumbent
Vice-Senior General Soe Win
since 30 March 2011
Tatmadaw
Member ofNational Defence and Security Council
State Administration Council(2021)
Caretaker Government(2021)
Reports toCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services
ResidenceNaypyidaw
AppointerPresident of Myanmar
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Myanmar

List of Deputy Commanders-in-Chief
  • General Than Shwe (18 March 1990 - 23 April 1992) [3]
  • Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (July 1993 - 30 March 2011)
  • Vice-Senior General Soe Win (30 March 2011 - Incumbent)

References
  1. Article V - The Union Government, Section 201 of the Constitution of Myanmar (2008)
  2. Maung Aung Myoe (1999). Building the Tatmadaw. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 73. ISBN 9780731527427.
  3. "(၇၆)နှစ်မြောက် တပ်မတော်နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ်အဖြစ် ခေတ်အဆက်ဆက်တာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင် ခဲ့ကြသည့် ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်၊ တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်(အငြိမ်းစား) များ၏ အမှတ်တရရုပ်တုများ ဖွင့်ပွဲအခမ်းအနားကျင်းပပြုလုပ်" [As a commemoration for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day, the opening ceremony for memorial statues of those who served through successive periods as Chief-of-Staff and Commander-in-Chief (now retired), was held.]. Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (in Burmese). 25 March 2021.


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