title: List of premiers of British Burma
text: # List of premiers of British Burma
  
  This article lists the premiers or chancellors (Burmese: နန်းရင်းဝန်) of British Burma before independence.
  
  ## Premiers (1937–1948)
  
  | N | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | N | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
  | 1 | | Ba Maw | 1937 | 1939 |
  | 2 | | Maung Pu | 1939 | 1940 |
  | 3 | | U Saw | 1940 | 1942 |
  | 4 | | Aung San | 1943 | 1943 |
  | (1) | | Ba Maw | 1943 | 1945 |
  | 5 | | Sir Paw Tun | 1945 | 1945 |
  | 6 | | Tun Oke | 1945 | 1946 |
  | (5) | | Sir Paw Tun | 1946 | 1946 |
  | (4) | | Aung San | 1946 | 19 July $1947^†$ |
  | 7 | | U Nu | 19 July 1947 | 4 January 1948 |
  