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Saw Maung

1928 - 1997

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Saw Maung (Burmese: စောမောင်, pronounced [sɔ́ màʊɰ̃]; 5 December 1928 – 24 July 1997) was a Burmese army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in Myanmar and Prime Minister of Burma from 1988 until 1992, when he was deposed by rival generals who disapproved Saw Maung decisions that were in favor of Aung San Suu Kyi. Beside this, he was the 8th Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saw Maung has received more than 214,344 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Saw Maung is the 9,601st most popular politician (up from 9,984th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 19th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Burmese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saw Maung ranks 9,601 out of 15,577. Before him are Djehuti, Artabanus III of Parthia, Rajendra Chola I, Giovanni Spadolini, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, and Childebrand I. After him are Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Alessandro Nannini, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Soe Win, Johannes Popitz, and Ferenc Münnich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Saw Maung ranks 214. Before him are Alejandro de Tomaso, Bill Mollison, Joan Martí i Alanis, Lennart Carleson, Hans Herrmann, and Fredrik Barth. After him are Henri Debehogne, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Mohammad Beheshti, Arthur Melvin Okun, Jörg Demus, and Franciszek Pieczka. Among people deceased in 1997, Saw Maung ranks 118. Before him are Harold Robbins, K. Shivaram Karanth, Luigi Villoresi, David Doyle, Paul Carell, and Georges Marchais. After him are Lev Kopelev, Colonel Tom Parker, Lam Ching-ying, Maria Prymachenko, Juzo Itami, and Béla Barényi.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Saw Maung ranks 21 out of 34. Before him are Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Saki (1870), Tabinshwehti (1516), Nick Drake (1948), and Bodawpaya (1745). After him are Soe Win (1947), S. N. Goenka (1924), Ba Maw (1893), Myint Swe (1951), Bagyidaw (1784), and Khin Nyunt (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), Saw Maung ranks 17. Before him are Htin Kyaw (1946), Win Myint (1951), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), and Bodawpaya (1745). After him are Soe Win (1947), Ba Maw (1893), Myint Swe (1951), Bagyidaw (1784), Khin Nyunt (1939), and Sao Shwe Thaik (1896).

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