National Defence and Security Council

Constitutional body in Myanmar's government

National Defence and Security Councilအမျိုးသား ကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေး ကောင်စီ
[əmjóðá kàkwɛ̀jé n̥ḭɴ lòʊɴdʑòʊɴjé kàʊɴsì]

Agency overview
Formed| 31 March 2011 (2011-03-31)
Type| National security council
Jurisdiction| Government of Myanmar
Headquarters| Naypyidaw
Agency executive|

* Min Aung Hlaing, Acting President of Myanmar

Politics of Myanmar

Constitution

* 2008 Constitution
* Constitutional Tribunal

Chairman: Than Kyaw
* National Defence and Security Council

Government

* President (list)

Min Aung Hlaing (acting)
* State Administration Council

Chairman: Min Aung Hlaing
Vice Chairman: Soe Win

* Vice-President

First: Myint Swe
Second: Vacant

* Prime Minister (list)

Min Aung Hlaing

* Deputy Prime Minister

Soe Win
Mya Tun Oo
Tin Aung San
Win Shein
Than Swe

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* House of Nationalities

Speaker
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Speaker
* Opposition

Judiciary

* Supreme Court

Chief Justice: Htun Htun Oo
* Constitutional Tribunal

Chairman: Than Kyaw

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*     * General: 2015
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Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Than Swe
* Ministry of International Cooperation

Minister: Ko Ko Hlaing

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in Myanmar

* * *

* Passport
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Exiled government

* Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
* National Unity Government

President: Duwa Lashi La (acting)
Prime Minister: Mahn Win Khaing Than
Vice President: Duwa Lashi La

Related topics

* Conflict
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National Human Rights Commission
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The National Defence and Security Council (Burmese: အမျိုးသား ကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေး ကောင်စီ, Burmese pronunciation: [əmjóðá kàkwɛ̀jé n̥ḭɴ lòʊɴdʑòʊɴjé kàʊɴsì]; abbreviated NDSC) is an eleven-member national security council responsible for security and defence affairs in Myanmar.[1] Though the president is the chief executive of the government of Myanmar, the 2008 Constitution reserves certain important executive powers for the NDSC and certain actions of the president and the Tatmadaw (military) require approval by the NDSC. Of the 11 members, the commander-in-chief of defence services appoints 5 members and controls 6 votes.[2][3][4][5][6] The NDSC's existence is enshrined in Chapter V of the Constitution of Myanmar,[7] and it was formed on 31 March 2011.[8][3]

A meeting of the NDSC can only be called by the president, which was never done during the National League for Democracy's 2016–2021 time in power.[1] After President Win Myint refused to call a meeting of the NDSC to address the Tatmadaw’s baseless allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 general election, the Tatmadaw under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing executed a coup on 1 February 2021, removing Win Myint and installing Myint Swe as Acting President so he could call a meeting of the NDSC and transfer state power to Min Aung Hlaing. The NDSC has since continued to serve as the purported basis of legitimacy for Min Aung Hlaing’s military dictatorship.[9]

The NDSC's constitutionally enshrined roles include expansive powers:

* Recommend pardonees for the President to grant amnesty[7][10]
* Approve the President's act of severing foreign diplomatic relations[7]
* Coordinate with the President to take military action against aggressors[7]
* Approve the Tatmadaw's ability to conscript citizens[7]
* Nominate a candidate for Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, to be appointed by the president[7]
* Coordinate with the President in declaring a state of emergency[7]
* Exercise legislative, executive and judiciary powers during a state of emergency[7]
* Exercise sovereign power during a state of emergency[7]

## Members

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According to the Constitution, NDSC's membership must consist of the following individuals:

* President
* First Vice-President
* Second Vice-President
* Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw
* Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw
* Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
* Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
* Minister of Defence
* Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Minister of Home Affairs
* Minister of Border Affairs

## National Defence and Security Council of Min Aung Hlaing (2024–present)

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Position | Name

|

Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Min Aung Hlaing
Vice President | Myint Swe
Speaker of the House of Representatives | T Khun Myat
Speaker of the House of Nationalities | Vacant
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Soe Win
Minister of Defence | Tin Aung San(until 2024 Dec)
Maung Maung Aye(from 2024 Dec)
Minister of Home Affairs | Yar Pyae
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Than Swe
Minister of Border Affairs | Tun Tun Naung

## National Defence and Security Council of Myint Swe (2021–2024)

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Position | Name

|

Acting President | Myint Swe
Vice President | Henry Van Thio
Speaker of the House of Representatives | T Khun Myat
Speaker of the House of Nationalities | Vacant
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Soe Win
Minister of Defence | Mya Tun Oo (until 2023)
Tin Aung San (from 2023)
Minister of Home Affairs | Soe Htut (until 2023)
Yar Pyae (from 2023)
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Wunna Maung Lwin (until 2023)
Than Swe (from 2023)
Minister of Border Affairs | Tun Tun Naung

## National Defence and Security Council of Win Myint (2018–2021)

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Position | Name

|

President | Win Myint
First Vice President | Myint Swe
Second Vice President | Henry Van Thio
Speaker of the House of Representatives | T Khun Myat
Speaker of the House of Nationalities | Mahn Win Khaing Than
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Soe Win
Minister of Defence | Sein Win
Minister of Home Affairs | Kyaw Swe (2018 - 2020)
Soe Htut(2020 - 2021)
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Aung San Suu Kyi
Minister of Border Affairs | Ye Aung

## National Defence and Security Council of Htin Kyaw (2016–2018)

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Position | Name

|

President | Htin Kyaw
First Vice President | Myint Swe
Second Vice President | Henry Van Thio
Speaker of the House of Representatives | Win Myint
Speaker of the House of Nationalities | Mahn Win Khaing Than
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Soe Win
Minister of Defence | Sein Win
Minister of Home Affairs | Kyaw Swe
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Aung San Suu Kyi
Minister of Border Affairs | Ye Aung

## National Defence and Security Council of Thein Sein (2011–2016)

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As of 9 July 2013, NDSC was composed of the following members:[11][12][13]

Position | Name

|

President | Thein Sein
First Vice President | Tin Aung Myint Oo(2011–2012)
Sai Mauk Kham(2012–2016)
Second Vice President | Sai Mauk Kham(2011–2012)
Nyan Tun(2012–2016)
Speaker of the House of Representatives | Shwe Mann
Speaker of the House of Nationalities | Khin Aung Myint
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Min Aung Hlaing
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | Soe Win
Minister of Defence | Hla Min(2011–2012)
Wai Lwin(2012–2015)
Sein Win(2015–2016)
Minister of Home Affairs | Ko Ko
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Wunna Maung Lwin
Minister of Border Affairs | Thein Htay (2011–2013)
Thet Naing Win(2013–2015)
Kyaw Swe(2015–2016)

## References

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1. ^ a b Slow, Oliver (2023). Return of the junta: why Myanmar's military must go back to the barracks. London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 11\. ISBN 978-1-350-28965-9.
2. ^ Kipgen, Nehginpao (April 2016). "Militarization of Politics in Myanmar and Thailand". International Studies. 53 (2): 153–172\. doi:10.1177/0020881717728156.153-172&rft.date=2016-04&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/0020881717728156&rft.aulast=Kipgen&rft.aufirst=Nehginpao&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:National+Defence+and+Security+Council" class="Z3988">
3. ^ a b Htun Aung Gyaw (21 February 2014). "Myanmar's constitutional crisis reaching boiling point". The Nation. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
4. ^ Sithu Aung Myint (20 May 2015). "Coalition government: just a fantasy?". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
5. ^ MacDonald, Adam P (1 May 2013). "The Tatmadaw's new position in Myanmar politics". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
6. ^ Weiss, Stanley A (4 March 2013). "Myanmar: A nation at war with itself". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). Ministry of Information. September 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
8. ^ "Myanmar forms national defense, security council". People's Daily. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
9. ^ Noel, Thibaut (March 2022). "Unconstitutionality of the 2021 Coup in Myanmar" (PDF). International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
10. ^ Soe Than Lynn (24 October 2011). "More amnesties planned, says Thura U Shwe Mann". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
11. ^ "National Defense and Security Council (NDSC)". Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
12. ^ "အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း (ကြေညာချက်အမှတ် ၉/၂ဝ၁၁)". နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး. 6 April 2011.
13. ^ "အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီတွင် အဖွဲ့ဝင် ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း (ကြေညာချက်အမှတ် ၃/၂၀၁၂)". နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး. 16 August 2012.

## See also

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