Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Was established by the Union Revolutionary Council (RC), the military junta founded by Ne Win and his allies in the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) after they overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister U Nu in a coup d'état on 2 March 1962. The name was changed into Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974.