Burma Socialist Programme Party
Burma Socialist Programme Party မြန်မာ့ဆိုရှယ်လစ်လမ်းစဉ်ပါတီ | |
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| Abbreviation | BSPP (English) မဆလ (Burmese) |
| Chairman | Ne Win |
| Founded | 4 July 1962 |
| Dissolved | 24 September 1988 |
| Succeeded by | National Unity Party |
| Headquarters | Rangoon |
| Youth wing | Programme Youth Organisation |
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The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), also referred to as the Lanzin Party, was the ruling party of Burma (now Myanmar) from 1962 to 1988 and the country's sole legal party from 1964 to 1988. Party chairman Ne Win overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a coup d'état on 2 March 1962. For the next 26 years, the BSPP governed Burma under a totalitarian military dictatorship, until mass protests in 1988 pressured party officials to adopt a multi-party system.