Burma Socialist Party

Political party in BurmaBurma Socialist Party ဗမာပြည် ဆိုရှယ်လစ်ပါတီAbbreviationBSP PF(S)P ဖဆဆိုရှယ်PresidentBa SweFounded1945 (1945)Dissolved1964 (1964)Preceded byPeople's Revolutionary PartyNewspaperThe Socialist Front Weekly JournalMembership (1956)6,000IdeologySocialismPolitical positionLeft-wingNational affiliationAnti-Fascist People's Freedom LeagueInternational affiliationAsian Socialist ConferencePolitics of BurmaPolitical partiesElections The Burma Socialist Party (Burmese: ဗမာပြည် ဆိုရှယ်လစ်ပါတီ), initially known as the People's Freedom (Socialist) Party or PF(S)P, was a political party in Burma. It was the dominant party in Burmese politics after 1948, and the dominant political force inside the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL - ဖဆပလ). Because of its inclusion in AFPFL, it was colloquially known as ဖဆဆိုရှယ် (AF Social). The party was a successor to the wartime People's Revolutionary Party (ပြည်သူ့အရေးတော်ပုံပါတီ) and founded by Ba Swe, Kyaw Nyein and five others in order to counter the inf