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This is a list of important events that happened in Myanmar in 2025.

## Incumbents

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* Acting President: Min Aung Hlaing
* Chairman of the State Administration Council: Min Aung Hlaing
* Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council: Soe Win
* Prime Minister: Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Prime Minister:
* Soe Win
* Mya Tun Oo
* Tin Aung San
* Win Shein

## Events

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### January

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* 1 January –
* National Unity Government releases 169 prisoners to commemorate the new year.[1]
* The Arakan Army allows residents of Maungdaw who fled the town due to conflict to return to their homes after securing recommendation letters provided by AA administrators.[2]
* The junta passes a new cybersecurity law which criminalises unauthorised VPN usage and running of unsanctioned online gambling businesses.[3]
* 4 January – The junta releases nearly 6,000 prisoners, including 600 political prisoners to commemorate Independence Day. Among them are Khet Aung, former Chief Minister of Kachin State and actors Thinzar Wint Kyaw and Nang Mwe San.[4]
* 5 January – A new electricity distribution scheme is instituted. In Yangon, townships are divided into three groups with receiving eight hours of electricity daily through four two-hour period. In Mandalay, groups in every township receive six hours of electricity through two three-hour periods. In the rest of the country, each area receives six hours of electricity after six hours of outage.[5]
* 8 January – At least 40 people are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike on the village of Kyauk Ni Maw in Ramree Island, Rakhine State.[6]
* 13 January – At least 12 people are killed in a landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State.[7]
* 16 January – Nay Soe Maung, son-in-law of former military dictator Than Shwe, is sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing the junta.[8]
* 20 January – China announces that it had brokered a ceasefire agreement between the junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).[9]
* 26 January – The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the People's Defence Force (PDF) capture Bhamo Airport and the Tatmadaw Armored Battalion 7006 base.[10]

### February

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* 5 February – The Thai government stops the supply of electricity to several Burmese towns along the border with Thailand that are known to host scam operations.[11]
* 14 February –
* A court in Argentina, acting on a petition from the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK and citing the principle of universal jurisdiction, issues arrest warrants against junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, former president Htin Kyaw, and former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of "genocide and crimes against humanity" against the Rohingyas.[12]
* Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a Catholic priest based in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, is fatally stabbed by rebels in a church compound in Kan Gyi Taw village, in what is believed to be the first targeted killing of Catholic clergy in the Myanmar civil war (2021–present).[13]

### March

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* 4 March – A Buddhist monk accused of collaborating with the Tatmadaw is killed along with a disciple by resistance groups at a monastery in Pekon Township, Shan State.[14]
* 14 March –
* At least 27 people are reported to have been killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike in Let Pan Hla village in Singu Township, Mandalay Division.[15]
* The World Food Programme announces food aid cuts for over 1 million people in Myanmar due to funding shortages.[16]
* 18 March — Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, is arrested in Bangladesh.[17]
* 28 March — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits near Mandalay, killing at least 3,770 people.[18]

### April

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* 17 April – The junta grants amnesty to 4,900 prisoners in commemoration of Thingyan.[19]
* 22 April – The Tatmadaw retakes Lashio following the MNDAA's withdrawal.[20] Covert pressure from the Chinese government is believed to have influenced the group's decision to withdraw.[21]
* 23 April – Five people are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike near Tabayin.[22]

### May

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* 6 May – The United States imposes sanctions on the Karen National Army, its leader Saw Chit Thu and his sons, Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit for involvement in cybercrime.[23]
* 10 May – Chairman Min Aung Hlaing meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[21]
* 12 May – At least 22 people are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike on a school in the village of Ohe Htein Twin in Tabayin Township, Sagaing Region.[24]

### Scheduled

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* December (earliest) – Next Myanmar general election[25]

## Ongoing

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* Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

## Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Myanmar

Source:[26]

* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 4 January – Independence Day
* 12 February – Union Day
* 2 March – Peasants' Day
* 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung
* 27 March – Armed Forces Day
* 13 April – Myanmar New Year
* 1 May – Labour Day
* 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason
* 6 June – Eid al-Adha
* 19 July – Martyrs' Day
* 20 July – Full Moon Day of Waso
* 16–18 October – Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
* 14–15 November – Full moon day of Tazaungmon
* 25 November – National Day
* 25 December – Christmas Day

## References

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1. ^ စောရယ် (2024-01-01). "ရာဇဝတ်အကျဉ်းသား ၁၇၀ ခန့်ကို နှစ်သစ်ကူးတွင် NUG လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့်ပေး". Myanmar Now (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
2. ^ "မြန်မာ-ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်နယ်စပ် AA ထိန်းချုပ်ပြီးနောက် ဒေသခံတွေကို နေရပ်ပြန်ခွင့်ပြု". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
3. ^ "ထောင်ဒဏ်နဲ့ ငွေဒဏ်ချမှတ်မဲ့ ဆိုက်ဘာလုံခြုံရေးဥပဒေ စစ်ကောင်စီ ပြဋ္ဌာန်း". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
4. ^ "ကချင်ပြည်နယ်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် အပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသား ခြောက်ရာခန့် ပြန်လွတ်". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
5. ^ "ဘာကြောင့် နာရီပိုင်းပဲ မီးပေးနိုင်တော့တာလဲ". BBC News (in Burmese). 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
6. ^ "An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say". AP News. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
7. ^ "A landslide in a Myanmar jade mining area kills at least 12 and leaves many missing". AP News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
8. ^ Myanmar Junta Jails Ex-Dictator Than Shwe’s Son-In-Law for 3 Years The Irrawaddy. January 27, 2025.
9. ^ "China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group". AP News. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
10. ^ KIA, Allies Seize Airport, Armored Unit From Myanmar Junta in Bhamo Hein Htoo Zan. The Irrawaddy. January 28, 2025
11. ^ "Thailand cuts power supplies to Myanmar border towns in effort to curb scam rings". AP News. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
12. ^ "Argentine court issues warrants for Myanmar officials accused of Rohingya 'genocide'". France 24. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
13. ^ "Leading Myanmar opposition organization blames local resistance group for killing of Catholic priest". AP News. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
14. ^ "Myanmar resistance group admits responsibility for killing of Buddhist monk it accused of army ties". AP News. 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
15. ^ "An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says". AP News. 2025-03-15. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
16. ^ "UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar". AP News. 2025-03-14. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
17. ^ "Bangladesh security officials arrest commander of Rohingya armed group". AP News. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
18. ^ "Humanitarian needs remain pressing a month after Myanmar's deadly quake". AP News. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
19. ^ "Myanmar frees around 4,900 prisoners to mark traditional new year". AP News. 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
20. ^ "Myanmar army returns to Lashio after ethnic armed group transfers control". The Nation. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
21. ^ a b "Myammar's military government chief has first meeting with China's leader since taking power in 2021". AP News. 2025-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
22. ^ "Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake". France 24. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
23. ^ "US imposes sanctions on Myanmar ethnic militia for 'facilitating cyber scams'". AP News. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
24. ^ "An airstrike in central Myanmar kills up to 22 people at a bombed school, reports say". AP News. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
25. ^ "Myanmar's military leader announces dates for general election". AP News. 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
26. ^ "Myanmar Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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