Editing Ne Win (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Ne_Win.jpg
|fullname = Ne Win
|alias = U Ne Win
|origin = Paungdale, Pegu Province, Lower Burma, British India
|occupation = Chairman of the [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] (1962 - 1988)<br>President of Burma (1962 - 1981)<br>Prime Minister of Burma (1958 - 1960; 1962 - 1974)
|type of villain = Military Dictator
|goals =Remain in Power (failed) 
|crimes = [[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Cruelty to animals]]<br>[[Misogyny]]
|hobby =}}{{Quote|Let us heal rather than reopen our wounds.|Ne Win}}
'''Ne Win''' (10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese politician and military commander who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Burma period of 1962 to 1988.

Ne Win founded the [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] (BSPP) and overthrew the democratic Union Parliament of U Nu in the 1962 Burmese ''coup d'état'', establishing Burma as a one-party socialist state under the Burmese Way to Socialism ideology. Ne Win was Burma's ''de facto'' leader as chairman of the BSPP, serving in various official titles as part of his military government, and was known by his supporters as U Ne Win.

His rule was characterized by isolationism, political violence, [[sinophobia]], totalitarianism, economic collapse, and is credited with turning Burma into one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Ne Win resigned in July 1988 in response to the 8888 Uprising that overthrew the BSPP, and was replaced by the military junta of the [[State Peace and Development Council]]. He held minor influence in the 1990s until being placed under house arrest, and died in 2002.