Burmese Military Coup

Date: March 2, 1962 • Location: Rome, Italy

Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a coup d'état.

Ne Win 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. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma period of 1962 to 1988.