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Ne Win

Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesIn office1 February 1949 – 20 April 1972DeputyAung GyiSan YuPreceded bySmith DunSucceeded bySan YuPersonal detailsBornShu Maung(1911-05-24)24 May 1911Paungdale, Pegu Province, Lower Burma, British India (present-day Myanmar)Died5 December 2002(2002-12-05) (aged 91)Yangon, MyanmarPartyBSPPSpouse5, including June Rose BellamyChildren6, including Sandar WinEducationRangoon UniversityOccupationMilitary officerpoliticianAwardsAgga Maha Thray Sithu (Myanmar)Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (Thailand)Bintang Jasa Utama (Indonesia)SignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceSocialist Republic of the Union of BurmaBranch/serviceBurmese ArmyYears of service1931–1974RankGeneralBattles/warsWorld War IINe Win (born Shu Maung; 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981.

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