Ne Win

[ ne win ]

noun

1. U [oo], Maung Shu Maung, 1911–2002, Burmese soldier and political leader: prime minister 1958–60, 1962–74; president 1974–81.

Ne Win

/ ˈneɪ ˈwɪn /

noun

1. Ne WinU19112002MBurmesePOLITICS: statesmanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: head of state U (uː). 1911–2002, Burmese statesman and general; prime minister (1958–60), head of the military government (1962–74), and president (1974–81)

Example Sentences

He had been the fourth commander-in-chief of the armed forces between 1974 and 1976 under the government of the late dictator Gen. Ne Win.

From Seattle Times

A year after his retirement, he was imprisoned for allegedly withholding information about a failed coup against Ne Win, but was released in 1980 under an amnesty.

From Seattle Times

Kyaw Lin, spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, as saying that the policy revives and modifies one introduced in 1977 by the government of the late dictator Gen. Ne Win.

From Seattle Times

After the unrest forced the resignation of strongman Gen. Ne Win that July, student groups set plans for a major demonstration calling for greater freedoms under the brutal one-party state.

From Washington Post

The last judicial execution to be carried out in Myanmar is generally believed to have been of another political offender, student leader Salai Tin Maung Oo, in 1976 under a previous military government led by dictator Ne Win.

From Washington Times