U Ne Win
| Ne Win | |
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| နေဝင်း | |
Official portrait of Ne Win
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| 1st Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
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In office 4 July 1962 – 23 July 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Party created |
| Succeeded by | Sein Lwin |
| 4th President of Burma | |
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In office 2 March 1962 – 9 November 1981 (titled as Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council until 2 March 1974) |
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| Preceded by | Win Maung (1962) |
| Succeeded by | San Yu |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Burma | |
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In office 29 October 1958 – 4 April 1960 |
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| Preceded by | U Nu |
| Succeeded by | U Nu |
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In office 2 March 1962 – 2 March 1974 |
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| Preceded by | U Nu |
| Succeeded by | Brigadier General Sein Win |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Shu Maung 10 July 1910 also given as 14 May 1911 or 24 May 1911 Paungdale, Pegu Province, Lower Burma, British India |
| Died | 5 December 2002 (aged 92) Yangon, Myanmar |
| Resting place | Ashes scattered into Hlaing River |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | Burma Socialist Programme Party |
| Spouse(s) | Than Nyunt Tin Tin Khin May Than Ni Ni Myint Yadana Nat Mei |
| Children | Kyaw Thein Ngwe Soe Aye Aung Sandar Win Phyo Wai Win Kyemon Win |
| Alma mater | Rangoon University |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1931–74 |
| Rank |
 General
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Ne Win (Burmese: နေဝင်း IPA: [nè wɪ́ɴ]; 10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese 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. He founded the Burma Socialist Programme Party in 1962 and served as its chairman until 1988. He was the military leader of Burma for 26 years.
Ne Win's date of birth is not known with certainty. The English language publication Who's Who in Burma published in 1961 by People's Literature House, Rangoon, stated that Ne Win was born on 14 May 1911. Dr. Maung Maung stated in the Burmese version of his book Burma and General Ne Win, also published in English, that Ne Win was born on 14 May 1911. However, in a book written in Burmese titled The Thirty Comrades, the author Kyaw Nyein gave Ne Win's date of birth as 10 July 1910.
Kyaw Nyein's date of 1910 can be considered as the more plausible date. First, Kyaw Nyein had access to historical records and he interviewed many surviving members of the Thirty Comrades when he wrote the book in the mid-to late 1990s. (Ne Win was one of the Thirty Comrades who secretly went to undergo military training in Japanese-occupied Hainan Island in the early 1940s for the purpose of fighting for independence from the British). In his book published around 1998, Kyaw Nyein lists the names of the surviving members of the Thirty Comrades whom he had interviewed, although Ne Win was not one of them.) Secondly, when Ne Win died on 5 December 2002, the Burmese language newspapers that were allowed to carry a paid obituary stated the age of 'U Ne Win' to be '93 years'. According to Burmese custom, a person's age is their age upon their next birthday. Since Ne Win turned 92 in July 2002, when he died in December 2002 he was considered to be 93 years old. Most Western news agencies, based on the May 1911 birth date, reported that Ne Win was 91 years old, but the obituary put up by his family (most probably his children) stated that he was 93 years old, which most likely stems from East Asian age reckoning.
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