Na Wa Ta

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Na Wa Ta is the Burmese-language acronym for Myanmar’s former military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, which ruled the country after the 1988 coup.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf acronym ⓘ
military junta ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Myanmar military junta ⓘ
linked to: Tatmadaw

SLORC ⓘ
State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
cameToPowerBy 1988 military coup in Myanmar ⓘ
country Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
exercisedPowerOver executive branch of Myanmar ⓘ
judicial system in Myanmar ⓘ
legislative authority in Myanmar ⓘ
fullName State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
governanceLegitimacy not democratically elected ⓘ
governanceStyle military rule by decree ⓘ
governedTerritory Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
governingBodyType military council ⓘ
humanRightsRecord widely criticized ⓘ
ideology military authoritarianism ⓘ
internationalReputation pariah regime ⓘ
languageOfAcronym Burmese ⓘ
notableEventContext 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Myanmar ⓘ
notableLeader Saw Maung ⓘ
Than Shwe ⓘ
notableOppositionFigure Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
opposedBy Burmese pro-democracy movement ⓘ
National League for Democracy ⓘ
policyFocus control of political opposition ⓘ
law and order restoration ⓘ
suppression of dissent ⓘ
politicalPosition military government ⓘ
precededBy socialist one-party government of Burma ⓘ
replacedGovernmentType single-party socialist state ⓘ
role ruling military council ⓘ
shortName SLORC ⓘ
subjectOf human rights reports ⓘ
international sanctions ⓘ
successor State Peace and Development Council ⓘ

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