Ne Win - Wikipedia
WEBNe Win (Burmese: နေဝင်း; IPA: [nè wɪ́ɰ̃]; 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002), [6] born Shu Maung (Burmese: ရှူမောင်; IPA: [/ʃù màʊ̃̀/]), was a Burmese army general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981.
U Ne Win | Myanmar General & Dictator of 1962-1988 | Britannica
WEBU Ne Win was a Burmese general who was the leader of Burma (now Myanmar) from 1962 to 1988. Shu Maung studied at University College, Rangoon (now Yangon), from 1929 to 1931, and in the mid-1930s he became involved in the struggle for Burmese independence from the British.
Ne Win, Ex-Burmese Military Strongman, Dies at 81
WEBDec 6, 2002 · U Ne Win, the longtime Burmese strongman who seized control of his country in a military coup in 1962 and set up an authoritarian government that transformed his...
Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic …
WEBJan 31, 2022 · Ne Win instituted a new constitution in 1974 based on an isolationist foreign policy and a socialist economic program that nationalized Burma’s major enterprises.
Ne Win: Understanding the 'old man' - Frontier Myanmar
WEBJan 14, 2016 · Professor Robert H. Taylor’s meticulously-researched General Ne Win: A Political Biography is an important contribution to understanding the life and times of one of the dominant figures in modern Myanmar history.
Ne Win, 91; President Bankrupted Myanmar, Enriched Self
WEBDec 5, 2002 · Ne Win, a reclusive, eccentric general whose ruthless rule bankrupted Burma economically and spiritually during his 26 years in power, died this morning at age 91 in Yangon, members of his...
General Ne Win: A Political Biography : Robert Taylor : Free …
WEBJan 5, 2023 · "Robert Taylor, one of the most prominent scholars in Myanmar studies, has written an illuminating study of Ne Win, the most enigmatic and controversial of the first generation of post-independence Southeast Asian leaders, and how he steered a then largely unknown country, Burma (now Myanmar), through the Cold War years.
U Ne Win summary | Britannica
WEBU Ne Win, or Shu Maung, (born May 24, 1911, Paungdale, Burma—died Dec. 5, 2002, Yangôn, Myanmar), Leader of Burma (Myanmar) from 1962 to 1988. He became involved in the Burmese independence movement in the mid-1930s.
CNN.com - Former Myanmar strongman dies - Dec. 5, 2002
WEBDec 5, 2002 · Ne Win retired from politics and public life in 1988 just prior to a popular uprising for democracy led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the late independence...
General Ne Win: A Political Biography - Emerald Insight
WEBGeneral Ne Win is an excellent, comprehensive and voluminous book which clearly illuminates the largely unknown life of one of the most enigmatic and controversial leaders of Myanmar and, more widely, of Southeast Asia.