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Than Shwe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Senior General Than Shwe, U Than Shwe, General Than Shwe, Bogyoke Than Shwe, Bogyokegyi Than Shwe, Bogyoke Hmu Gyi Than Shwe, Agga Maha Thray Sithu Than Shwe
Burmese senior general and head of state of Myanmar of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011
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Than Shwe is a male Myanmar politician and military officer who served as Prime Minister, President, and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. A member of the Bamar ethnic group and a follower of Theravāda Buddhism, he held the rank of general in the Myanmar Army. His political career spanned from 1953 to 2011, during which he was affiliated with the State Peace and Development Council, the Union Solidarity and Development Association, and the Burma Socialist Programme Party.
Born in Kyaukse in 1933, Than Shwe was educated at the M.V. Frunze Military Academy. He is the spouse of Kyaing Kyaing and has eight children. His notable works include the Uppatasanti Pagoda and Naypyidaw. He spoke Burmese as his native language.
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Person · Open Library
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Top works
- Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Kraṃʹ khuiṅʻ reʺ nhaṅʻʹ Phvaṃʹ phruiʺ reʺ ʼA saṅʻʺ saṅʻʺ luṃʺ kvyatʻ ʼa thūʺ ʼa caññʻʺ ʼa veʺ (2002) tvaṅʻ mvrakʻ krāʺ saññʻʹ Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Kraṃʹ khuiṅʻ reʺ nhaṅʻʹ Phvaṃʹ phruiʺ reʺ ʼA saṅʻʺ nāyaka, Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ Ēʺ khyamʻʺ sā yā reʺ nhaṅʻʹ Phvaṃʹ phruiʺ reʺ Koṅʻcī ʼukkaṭṭha, Tapʻ ma toʻ Kā kvayʻ reʺ Ūʺ cīʺ khyupʻ Builʻ khyupʻ mhūʺ krīʺ Sanʻʺ Rvhe e* minʻʹ khvanʻʺ
- Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ Ṅrimʻ vapʻ Pi prāʺ mhu Taññʻ chokʻ reʺ ʼA phvaiʹ Ukkaṭṭha, Tapʻ ma toʻ Kā kvayʻ reʺ Ūʺ cīʺ khyupʻ Builʻ khyupʻ mhūʺ krīʺ Sanʻʺ Rvhe e* lamʻʺ ññvhanʻ mhā krāʺ khyakʻ myāʺ
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 4
- Total plays
- 13
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,579x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,082x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,155x
- Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 2,064x
- Personal Omics Profiling Reveals Dynamic Molecular and Medical Phenotypes
· 2012 · cited 1,123x
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Himself Khin Nyunt Soe Win Thein Sein
- Deputy
- Maung Aye
- Preceded by
- Saw Maung
- Succeeded by
- Position abolished , Thein Sein (as President )
- Leader
- Himself
- Chairman
- Saw Maung
- Commander in chief
- Saw Maung
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details Born (1933-02-02) 2 February 1933 93) Kyaukse, Upper Burma, British Burma
PartyUSDA (1993–2010) Other political affiliations BSPP (1962–1988) SpouseKyaing Kyaing RelationsNay Shwe Thway Aung (grandson) Children8 Alma mater Officers Training School, Bahtoo Frunze Military Academy
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