State Peace and Development Council

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de facto government military junta

The State Peace and Development Council was Myanmar’s former military junta that ruled the country with authoritarian control, suppressing political opposition and civil liberties.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
State Peace and Development Council canonical 12
Myanmar military junta 3
State Peace & Development Council 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf de facto government ⓘ
military junta ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SPDC ⓘ
capital Naypyidaw ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
chairperson Than Shwe ⓘ
controlledOrganization Tatmadaw ⓘ
surface form: Myanmar Armed Forces

Tatmadaw ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryControlled Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
countryGoverned Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union of Myanmar
criticizedFor handling of Cyclone Nargis relief efforts ⓘ
dissolved 2011 ⓘ
endTime 2011 ⓘ
governedDuring 2007–2008 global food and fuel price crisis ⓘ
Cyclone Nargis ⓘ
governmentType military dictatorship ⓘ
headOfState Than Shwe ⓘ
humanRightsRecord widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
ideology military authoritarianism ⓘ
implemented constitutional referendum of 2008 ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
legalForm military council ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters Naypyidaw ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
memberOf Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
mottoLanguage Burmese ⓘ
notableEvent Saffron Revolution ⓘ
opposedBy Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
National League for Democracy ⓘ
organized 2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum ⓘ
2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
politicalPosition far-right ⓘ
precededBy State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replacedBy State Peace and Development Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thein Sein administration

Government of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union Government of Myanmar
responseTo Saffron Revolution ⓘ
restricted freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
shortName SPDC ⓘ
startTime 1997 ⓘ
suppressed civil liberties ⓘ
political opposition ⓘ
used censorship ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
viceChairperson Maung Aye ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Min Ko Naing → opposes → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Min Ko Naing → hasBeenImprisonedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myanmar military junta
Aung San Suu Kyi → arrestedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myanmar military junta
State Law and Order Restoration Council → replacedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
State Peace and Development Council → replacedBy → State Peace and Development Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thein Sein administration
Saffron Revolution → opposedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Saffron Revolution → opposedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myanmar military junta
Government of Myanmar → predecessor → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
SLORC → replacedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Na Wa Ta → successor → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
SPDC → fullName → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
subject surface form: State Peace and Development Council
SPDC → alsoKnownAs → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
subject surface form: State Peace and Development Council
this entity surface form: State Peace & Development Council
2010 Myanmar general election → organizedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Khin Nyunt → memberOf → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Khin Nyunt → government → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
Maung Aye → memberOf → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
2008 Constitution of Myanmar → draftedBy → State Peace and Development Council ⓘ