SPDC

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SPDC is the acronym for Myanmar’s former military junta, the State Peace and Development Council, which ruled the country from 1997 to 2011.

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Label Occurrences
SPDC canonical 4

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Statements (47)

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

SPDC ⓘ
State Peace & Development Council ⓘ
armedWing Tatmadaw ⓘ
capital Naypyidaw ⓘ
chairman Than Shwe ⓘ
constitutionalFramework 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
controlledInstitution executive branch of Myanmar ⓘ
judiciary of Myanmar ⓘ
legislature of Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryControlled Myanmar ⓘ
dissolved 2011 ⓘ
endTime 2011 ⓘ
establishedBy Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ
fullName State Peace and Development Council ⓘ
governmentType military dictatorship ⓘ
one‑party military regime ⓘ
headquarters Naypyidaw ⓘ
humanRightsRecord widely criticized ⓘ
ideology authoritarianism ⓘ
military rule ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
leaderTitle Chairman ⓘ
mainOpposition National League for Democracy ⓘ
movedCapitalFrom Yangon ⓘ
movedCapitalTo Naypyidaw ⓘ
notableEvent 2007 Saffron Revolution crackdown ⓘ
2008 Myanmar constitutional referendum ⓘ
2010 Myanmar general election ⓘ
policyFocus consolidation of military power ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
precededBy State Law and Order Restoration Council ⓘ
previousCapital Yangon ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replacedBy Thein Sein administration ⓘ
Union Government of Myanmar (2011) ⓘ
sanctionedBy Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
shortName SPDC ⓘ
startTime 1997 ⓘ
successorRegime quasi‑civilian government under Thein Sein ⓘ
viceChairman Maung Aye ⓘ

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

State Peace and Development Council → shortName → SPDC ⓘ
subject linked to: SPDC
State Peace and Development Council → alsoKnownAs → SPDC ⓘ
subject linked to: SPDC