Editing Tatmadaw (section)

====1962 coup d'état====
{{main|1962 Burmese coup d'état}}
{{see also|Military rule in Myanmar}}
The elections of 1960 had put [[U Nu]] back as the Prime Minister and Pyidaungsu Party         ([[Union Party (Burma)|Union Party]]) led civilian government resume control of the country.

On 2 March 1962, the then Chief of Staff of Armed Forces, General [[Ne Win]] [[1962 Burmese coup d'état|staged a coup d'état]] and formed the "[[Union Revolutionary Council]]".<ref>Mya Win: Leaders of Tatmadaw</ref> Around midnight the troops began to move into Yangon to take up strategic position. Prime Minister [[U Nu]] and his cabinet ministers were taken into protective custody. At 8:50 am, General [[Ne Win]] announced the coup over the radio. He said "''I have to inform you, citizens of the Union that Armed Forces have taken over the responsibility and the task of keeping the country's safety, owing to the greatly deteriorating conditions of the Union.''" <ref>Dr. Maung Maung: General Ne Win and Burma</ref>

The country would be ruled by the military for the next 12 years. The [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] became the sole political party and the majority of its full members were military.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Smith|title=Burma – Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity|year=1991|publisher=Zed Books|location=London and New Jersey}}</ref> Government servants underwent military training and the Military Intelligence Service functioned as the secret police of the state.