The Shan State Communist Party (SSCP; my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ် ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ) was a

communist party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

, Burma (present-day

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

). The party was founded in 1956 by Moh Heng, a commander of the

Communist Party of Burma The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is a clandestine communist party in Myanmar (Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fought aga ...

in Lawksawk, in protest of a decision by the CPB leadership to reject the creation of a separate party committee for Shan State. The party leadership consisted of Bo Hla Min (chairman), Bo Min Thaung (

politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

member), Bo Tun Lin (politburo member), Bo Moe Hein (politburo member), Saw Lwin (regional committee member), Ba Din (regional committee member), Ohn Pwint (regional committee member) and Hlaw Ywet Kan (regional committee member).Fleischmann, Klaus. ''Die Kommunistische Partei Birmas - Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart''.

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: Institut für Asienkunde, 1989. p. 405. On 10 May 1958, 251 armed fighters and 150 other party members surrendered to the government.

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