Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)

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Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) is Myanmar’s powerful military institution that has long dominated the country’s politics, governance, and internal security through repeated coups and authoritarian rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
state institution
accusedOf crimes against humanity
ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
human rights violations
war crimes
conflictWith ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar
constitutionalPower 25 percent of parliamentary seats reserved
control of key security ministries
veto over constitutional amendments
controls Myanmar security apparatus
military-owned conglomerates in Myanmar
country Myanmar
currentCommanderInChief Min Aung Hlaing
dateOfCoup 1962-03-02
2021-02-01
governingPeriod 1962–2011 direct military rule
2021–present military junta rule
governs Tatmadaw
surface form: Myanmar military government
hasBranch Myanmar Air Force
Myanmar Army
Myanmar Navy
headquarters Naypyidaw
ideology Burmese nationalism
military nationalism
influences Myanmar economy
Myanmar foreign policy
Myanmar governance
Myanmar politics
languageOfCommand Burmese
leaderTitle Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
motto The Tatmadaw shall never betray the national cause
nativeName Army
surface form: တပ်မတော်
notableEvent 1962 Burmese coup d'état
surface form: 1962 Burmese coup d’état

1988 military crackdown in Myanmar
1990 election annulment in Myanmar
2007 Saffron Revolution crackdown
2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State
2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests
surface form: 2021 Myanmar coup d’état
officialName Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces

Tatmadaw
operatesIn Myanmar civil war
surface form: Myanmar civil wars
overthrew National League for Democracy
surface form: National League for Democracy government

State Peace and Development Council civilian transition attempts
U Nu government
politicalArm Union Solidarity and Development Party
previousHeadquarters Yangon
role internal security
national defense
political actor

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State Law and Order Restoration Council controlled Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Myanmar Air Force partOf Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of Myanmar
Maung Zarni opposes Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar military
Karen insurgency in Myanmar opponent Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
National League for Democracy opposes Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
National League for Democracy bannedBy Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar military authorities
Saw Maung memberOf Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Saw Maung powerBase Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
Than Shwe militaryBranch Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Than Shwe powerBase Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
Than Shwe powerBase Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Tin Oo (general) militaryBranch Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
1988 Burmese military coup d’état mainActor Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
1988 Burmese military coup d’état mainActor Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) officialName Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Tatmadaw
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
SPDC establishedBy Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
subject surface form: State Peace and Development Council
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
SPDC armedWing Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
subject surface form: State Peace and Development Council
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Tatmadaw officialName Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Tatmadaw alsoKnownAs Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
Tatmadaw alsoKnownAs Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of Myanmar
Tatmadaw alsoKnownAs Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Burmese Armed Forces
Tatmadaw usesShortName Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
1988 Uprising opponent Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Su Su Nway hasBeenImprisonedBy Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar military authorities
Khin Nyunt memberOf Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Maung Aye partOf Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
State Administration Council parentOrganization Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
State Administration Council controls Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
Kyaw Ba militaryBranch Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Myanmar pro-democracy movement opposes Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Min Aung Hlaing militaryBranch Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Tatmadaw
Min Aung Hlaing allegiance Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
House of Nationalities appointingAuthorityForAppointedMembers Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
2008 Constitution of Myanmar entrenchesPowerOf Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces
United Nations fact-finding mission on Myanmar investigates Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Myanmar security forces
Order of Burma militaryBranch Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
this entity surface form: Burmese armed forces