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Ne Win

Ne Win was Burmese a politician and military commander. He was Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974 and also head of state from 1962 to 1981...

Timeline of Events

1962

3.2.1962

In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

7.8.1962

Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.

1988

7.23.1988

General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.