Burma Socialist Programme Party

Burma Socialist Programme Party
မြန်မာ့ဆိုရှယ်လစ်လမ်းစဉ်ပါတီ
AbbreviationBSPP (English)
မဆလ (Burmese)
ChairmanNe Win
Founded4 July 1962 (1962-07-04)
Dissolved24 September 1988 (1988-09-24)
Succeeded byNational Unity Party
HeadquartersRangoon
Youth wingProgramme Youth Organisation
Ideology
Party flag

The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP)[a] was Burma's ruling party from 1962 to 1988 and the 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.
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