Ne Win

[ ne win ]

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U [oo], Maung Shu Maung, 1911–2002, Burmese soldier and political leader: prime minister 1958–60, 1962–74; president 1974–81.

Ne Win

/ ˈneɪ ˈwɪn /

noun

Ne WinU19112002MBurmesePOLITICS: statesmanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: head of state U (uː). 1911–2002, Burmese statesman and general; prime minister (1958–60), head of the military government (1962–74), and president (1974–81)

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He had been the fourth commander-in-chief of the armed forces between 1974 and 1976 under the government of the late dictator Gen. Ne Win.

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A year after his retirement, he was imprisoned for allegedly withholding information about a failed coup against Ne Win, but was released in 1980 under an amnesty.

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Kyaw Lin, spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, as saying that the policy revives and modifies one introduced in 1977 by the government of the late dictator Gen. Ne Win.

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After the unrest forced the resignation of strongman Gen. Ne Win that July, student groups set plans for a major demonstration calling for greater freedoms under the brutal one-party state.

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Ko Jimmy was a student leader of the 1988 Uprising, during which hundreds of thousands of citizens revolted against then dictator Ne Win's 26-year rule.

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