2021 Myanmar coup d'état

2021 Myanmar coup d'état
	Part of the internal conflict and political crisis in Myanmar
	; Deposed State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (right)
Date	1 February 2021
Location	Myanmar
Result	Military coup d'état successful End of civilian rule and reimposition of military rule; Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi detained and deposed; Twenty-four ministers and deputies deposed; Results of the 2020 general election annulled, new election called; Assembly of the Union dissolved; State of emergency declared for a period of one year (later extended to three years and six months); Min Aung Hlaing's assumption of the role of Chairman of the State Administration Council; Myint Swe's ascension to the office of Acting President; New cabinet formed; New governing body, the State Administration Council, established; Start of mass protests and a civil war;
Belligerents
Government of Myanmar National League for Democracy;	Tatmadaw Union Solidarity and Development Party;
Commanders and leaders
Aung San Suu Kyi; (State Counsellor of Myanmar); Win Myint; (President of Myanmar)	Min Aung Hlaing; (Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services); Myint Swe; (Vice-President of Myanmar)

A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw — Myanmar's military — which then vested power in a military junta. Acting President of Myanmar Myint Swe proclaimed a year-long state of emergency and declared power had been transferred to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. It declared the results of the November 2020 general election invalid and stated its intent to hold a new election at the end of the state of emergency. The coup d'état occurred the day before the Parliament of Myanmar was to swear in the members elected in the 2020 election, thereby preventing this from occurring. President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were detained, along with ministers, their deputies, and members of Parliament.

On 1 February 2021, Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi were arrested on charges that independent analysts regarded as part of an attempt to legitimize the military's seizure of power. Both were remanded in custody for two weeks. Between 16 February and 1 April, five additional charges were leveled against Aung San Suu Kyi.

Armed insurgencies by the People's Defence Force of the National Unity Government erupted throughout Myanmar in response to the military government's crackdown on anti-coup protests.

As of 13 March 2024, at least 50,000 people, including at least 8,000 civilians (570 of whom were children), have been killed by the junta forces and 26,234 individuals have been arrested. In March 2021, three prominent members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) died in police custody, and in July 2022, the junta executed four pro-democracy activists.

In honour of Myanmar's 76th year of independence in January 2024, more than 9,000 prisoners are slated to receive amnesty, leading to their release from prison.

In February 2024, it was announced that compulsory military service would be implemented. All men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 were required to serve up to two years under military command and specialists such as doctors aged up to 45 were to serve for three years.

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