| Hauptstadt | Name: Rangoon (Yangon); note - Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital geographische Koordinaten: 16 48 N, 96 09 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: Rangoon (Yangon) is a compound of "yan" signifying "enemies" and "koun" meaning "to run out of" and so denoting "End of Strife"; Nay Pyi Taw translates as: "Great City of the Sun" or "Abode of Kings" |
| Unabhängigkeit | 4 Januar 1948 (from the UK) |
| Nationalfeiertag | Unabhängigkeit, 4 Januar (1948); Union Day, 12 Februar (1947) |
| Konstitution | history: previous 1947, 1974 (suspended until 2008); latest drafted 9 April 2008, approved by referendum 29 Mai 2008 amendments: proposals require at least 20% approval by the Assembly of the Union membership; passage of amendments to sections of the constitution on basic principles, government structure, branches of government, state emergencies, and amendment procedures requires 75% approval by the Assembly and approval in a referendum by absolute majority of registered voters; passage of amendments to other sections requires only 75% Assembly approval; amended 2015 (2018) |
| Wahlrecht | 18 Jahre; universal |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident WIN MYINT (seit dem 30 March 2018); Vice Staatspräsidents MYINT SWE (seit dem 16 March 2016) and HENRY VAN THIO (seit dem 30 March 2016); note - Staatspräsident HTIN KYAW (seit dem 30 March 2016) resigned on 21 March 2018; the president is both Staatsoberhaupt and Regierungschef Regierungschef: Staatspräsident WIN MYINT (seit dem 30 March 2018); Vice Staatspräsidents MYINT SWE (seit dem 16 March 2016) and HENRY VAN THIO (seit dem 30 March 2016 cabinet: Cabinet appointments shared by the president and the commander-in-chief elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the full Assembly of the Union from among 3 vice-presidential candidates nominated by the Staatspräsidential Electoral College (consists of members of the lower and upper houses and military members); the other 2 candidates become vice-presidents (president elected for a 5-year term); election last held on 28 March 2018 (next to be held in 2020) election results: WIN MYINT elected president; Assembly of the Union vote - WIN MYINT (NLD) 403, MYINT SWE (USDP) 211, HENRY VAN THIO (NLD) 18, 4 votes canceled (636 votes cast) state counsellor: State Counselor AUNG SAN SUU KYI (seit dem 6 April 2016); she concurrently serves as minister of foreign affairs and minister for the office of the president note: a parliamentary bill creating the position of "state counsellor" was signed into law by former Staatspräsident HTIN KYAW on 6 April 2016; a state counsellor serves the equivalent term of the president and is similar to a prime minister in that the holder acts as a link between the parliament and the executive branch |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
