Tatmadaw

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Tatmadaw is the armed forces of Myanmar, historically central to the country's politics and military rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
accusedOf crimes against humanity
ethnic cleansing
genocide against the Rohingya
human rights violations
war crimes
alsoKnownAs Armed Forces of Myanmar
Burmese Armed Forces
Myanmar Armed Forces
budgetSource Government of Myanmar
controls Myanmar Air Force
Myanmar Army
Myanmar Navy
country Myanmar
countryControlled Myanmar
dominantEthnicGroup Bamar
foundingPeriod World War II era
linked to: World War II
hasBranch Myanmar Air Force
Myanmar Army
Myanmar Navy
hasCommanderInChiefTitle Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
hasConscription yes
hasDeFactoPoliticalPower yes
hasGoverningBody State Administration Council
hasMilitaryIntelligence Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs
hasMotto The Triumphant Elite of the Nation
hasNotableCommander Min Aung Hlaing
Ne Win
Saw Maung
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
linked to: Min Aung Hlaing

Than Shwe
hasParamilitaryAffiliation Pyusawhti militias
hasRole border security
counterinsurgency
internal security
national defense
political control
hasSignificantEthnicCompositionIssue yes
hasYouthWingOrAuxiliary militia networks and pro-military groups
headquartersLocation Naypyidaw
influencedBy Burmese Way to Socialism
interferesIn civilian government of Myanmar
involvedIn 1962 Burmese coup d'état
1988 Burmese military coup
2016–2017 Northern Rakhine State clashes
linked to: Myanmar civil war

2017 Rohingya crackdown
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
Myanmar civil wars
linked to: Myanmar civil war

Myanmar politics
Operation Dragon King
Rohingya conflict
linked to: Rohingya

military rule in Myanmar
legalBasisForPoliticalRole 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
officialName Tatmadaw
originatedFrom Burmese Independence Army
partOf state apparatus of Myanmar
politicalIdeology Burmese nationalism
military nationalism
precededBy Burmese Defence Army
Burmese Independence Army
Patriotic Burmese Forces
previousHeadquartersLocation Yangon
primaryLanguage Burmese
reservesParliamentarySeats 25 percent of seats in Myanmar parliament (under 2008 constitution)
sanctionedBy Australia
Canada
European Union
United Kingdom
United States
other countries and international bodies
subjectTo international sanctions
usesEquipmentFrom China
India
North Korea
Russia
usesShortName Tatmadaw

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State Peace and Development Council controlledOrganization Myanmar Armed Forces
linked to: Tatmadaw
Myanmar Air Force partOf Tatmadaw
Border Guard Police of Myanmar cooperatesWith Myanmar Army
linked to: Tatmadaw
Maung Thura opposes Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Maung Thura hasBeenImprisonedBy Myanmar military government
linked to: Tatmadaw
National League for Democracy suppressedBy Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
ABFSU oppressedBy Myanmar military governments
linked to: Tatmadaw
Na Wa Ta alsoKnownAs Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Than Shwe partOf Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Than Shwe involvedIn Burmese military government
linked to: Tatmadaw
Tin Oo (general) participatedIn Myanmar military junta government
linked to: Tatmadaw
Tin Oo (general) partOf Myanmar military leadership
linked to: Tatmadaw
1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising in Burma opposedBy Burmese military
linked to: Tatmadaw
Tatmadaw officialName Tatmadaw
subject linked to: Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Tatmadaw governs Myanmar military government
subject linked to: Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
linked to: Tatmadaw
State Peace and Development Council alsoKnownAs Myanmar military junta
subject linked to: SPDC
linked to: Tatmadaw
1988 Uprising opponent Burmese military
linked to: Tatmadaw
Su Su Nway opposes Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
State Administration Council alsoKnownAs Tatmadaw junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw opposes Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Kyaw Ba associatedWith Myanmar military government
linked to: Tatmadaw
Myanmar pro-democracy movement opposes Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Min Aung Hlaing leaderOf Myanmar military junta
linked to: Tatmadaw
Mandalay Palace operator Myanmar military
linked to: Tatmadaw
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burma associatedWith Myanmar Armed Forces government
linked to: Tatmadaw
Saopha abolishedBy military government of Myanmar
linked to: Tatmadaw
Kachin Independence Army opponent Myanmar military
linked to: Tatmadaw
Kachin Independence Organization opponent Myanmar military
linked to: Tatmadaw