Bo Ne Win was a Burmese military commander and dictator of Burma from 1962 until 1988. Ne Win was appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) on 31 January 1949. He then became head of the caretaker government between 28 October 1958 and 4 April 1960. He appointed himself Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government after staging a coup d'etat on 2 March 1962 till 2 March 1974, … Wikipedia
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