Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (Burmese: ဒုတိယတပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်) 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
ဒုတိယတပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်
Flag of the deputy commander-in-chief
Incumbent Vice-Senior General Soe Win since 30 March 2011
Tatmadaw
Member of	National Defence and Security Council State Administration Council (2021) Caretaker Government (2021)
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Residence	Naypyidaw
Appointer	President of Myanmar
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Myanmar
First holder	Saw Kyar Doe

List

List of Deputy Commanders-in-Chief of Defence Services^[3]

No.	Portrait	Service number	Name and rank	Serving period	Remark
1.		BC 5107	Brigadier General Saw Kyar Doe	4 January 1948 – 1 August 1948
2.		BC 3502	Brigadier General Ne Win	1 August 1948 – 1 February 1949	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
3.		BC 3458	Brigadier General Aung Gyi	1 February 1949 – 15 February 1963
4.		BC 3567	Major General San Yu	15 February 1963 – 20 April 1972	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
5.		BC 3561	Lieutenant General Thura Tin Oo	20 April 1972 – 8 March 1974	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
6.		BC 5322	Lieutenant General Thura Kyaw Htin	8 March 1974 – 6 March 1976	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
7.		BC 6133	Lieutenant General Aye Ko	6 March 1976 – 13 March 1981
8.		BC 5896	Lieutenant General Tun Yi	13 March 1981 – 1983
9.		BC 6187	Lieutenant General Saw Maung	1983 – 4 November 1985	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
10.		BC 6710	General Than Shwe	4 November 1985 – 23 April 1992	Later became the Commander-in-Chief
11.		BC 7875	Vice Senior General Maung Aye	23 April 1992 – 30 March 2011
12.		BC 16489	Vice Senior General Soe Win	30 March 2011 - present	Incumbent

See also

• Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services