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Ne Win was Burma's de facto leader as chairman of the BSPP, serving in various official titles as part of his military government, and was known by his supporters as U Ne Win. [ b ] [ 3 ] [ 11 ] His rule was characterized by a non-aligned foreign policy, isolationism , one-party rule, economic stagnation, and superstition . [ 12 ]
The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) [a] was Burma's ruling party from 1962 to 1988 and the sole legal party from 1964 to 1988. Party chairman Ne Win overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a coup d'état on 2 March 1962.
The 1962 Burmese coup d'état [a] marked the beginning of one-party rule in Burma (Myanmar) and the political dominance of the military in Burmese politics. [1] In the 2 March 1962 coup, the military replaced the civilian AFPFL-government headed by Prime Minister U Nu, along with the Union Revolutionary Council Chaired by General Ne Win.
Burma was under the military dictatorship of Ne Win from 1962 to 1988. Ne Win and his allies in the Myanmar Armed Force overthrew the government of Prime Minister U Nu in a coup d'état on 2 March 1962. A day later, the coupists established the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma as the country's governing body.
Ne Win established Burma as a one-party socialist state under a military government with the Union Revolutionary Council replacing the Union Parliament as the supreme governing body. Ne Win became a dictator as both the Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council and the Prime Minister, the head of state and the head of government in Burma ...
The Caretaker Government of Ne Win was formed in 1958 after Ne Win, then Chief of Staff, took over state power from U Nu, then Prime Minister. This is the first caretaker government in Burmese history. After the 1960 election, power was restored to U Nu. [1] [2]
The new military regime of General Ne Win was faced with a particularly effective and expanding educational system in Burma, which was deemed one of the best in Asia in the 1930s and 1940s. [42] Access to free education enabled broad sections of the Burmese society in the post-independence phase to climb the social latter.
Following the 1962 Burmese coup d'état led by the Burmese commander-in-chief, General Ne Win, relations between Burma and China remained stable. The new government in Burma, the Union Revolutionary Council maintained a policy of positive neutrality and non-alignment. Two days after the coup on 2 March 1962, China recognised Burma's new government.