| Agency Name: | Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma |
| Nativename: | Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်လှန်ရေးကောင်စီ |
| Dissolved: | 3 March 1974 |
| Agency Type: | Council |
| Jurisdiction: | Burma |
| Headquarters: | Rangoon |
| Chief1 Name: | Ne Win |
| Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
The Union Revolutionary Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်တော်လှန်ရေးကောင်စီ), officially the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်လှန်ရေးကောင်စီ) or simply the Revolutionary Council (RC; Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေးကောင်စီ), was the supreme governing body of Burma (now Myanmar) from 2 March 1962, following the overthrow of U Nu's civilian government, to 3 March 1974, with the promulgation of the 1974 Constitution of Burma and transfer of power to the Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly), the country's new unicameral legislature.[1] [2]
The Revolutionary Council's philosophical framework was laid in the Burmese Way to Socialism, which aspired to convert Burma into a self-sustaining democratic socialist state, on 30 April 1962.[2] On 4 July 1962, the RC established the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), the country's only legal political party which Donald M. Seekins claims was modelled along the lines of a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary party.[3] From 1962 to 1971, BSPP transitioned from a cadre party (consisting of elite RC affiliated members) into a mass party.[3] In the First Congress, the party had 344,226 members.[3] By 1981, BSPP had 1.5 million members.[3]
The Union Revolutionary Council was led by Ne Win, its chairman and 16 senior officers.[4]
The founding members of the First Revolutionary Council, all of whom were military officers, are:[1] [5] [6] [7]
The government formed by the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma was named Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma or simply Revolutionary Government .
As wiping out the monarchist terms, a Ministry was called as a Department and a Minister was called as a Person in-charge of Department during the time of the Revolutionary Government.
The terms Ministry and Minister were restored when the Council of Ministers was formed on 8 May 1974.[8]
| +Union Revolutionary Council[9] | ||||||
| Name and Rank | ! cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center" | Military Position | ! cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center" | RC Position | ! cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center" | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Ne Win BC 3502 | Chief of Staff of Armed Forces | Chairman | 2 March 1962 to 1 March 1974 | |||
| Brigadier General Aung Gyi BC 5458 | Vice Chief of Staff (Army) | Member | 2 March 1962 to 7 February 1963 | |||
| Brigadier General Than Phay | Vice Chief of Staff (Navy) | Member | 2 March 1962 to 22 May 1962 | |||
| Brigadier General Tin Phay BC 3508 | Chairman of Forestry | Member | 2 March 1962 to 14 November 1970 | |||
| Vice Chief of Staff (Air) | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 November 1964 | ||||
| Brigadier General San Yu BC 3569 | North Western Regional Military Command | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Brigadier General Sein Win BC 3525 | Central Regional Military Command | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Colonel Kyi Maung BC 3516 | South Western Regional Military Command | Member | 2 March 1962 to 12 March 1963 | |||
| Colonel Maung Shwe BC 3575 | Eastern Regional Military Command | Member | 2 March 1962 to 22 September 1972 | |||
| Colonel Thaung Kyi BC 3523 | South Eastern Regional Military Command | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Colonel Than Sein BC 3574 | Colonel General Staff | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Colonel Kyaw Soe BC 3526 | Military Appointment Secretary | Member | 2 March 1962 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Colonel Saw Myint BC 3518 | Director – Border Troops | Member | 2 March 1962 to 17 August 1964 | |||
| Colonel Chit Myaing BC 3520 | Member | 2 March 1962 to 31 March 1964 | ||||
| Colonel Khin Nyo BC 3537 | Director – Military Training | Member | 2 March 1962 to 9 June 1965 | |||
| Colonel Tan Yu Saing BC 5090 | Member | 2 March 1962 to 6 October 1970 | ||||
| Colonel Lun Tin BC 3610 | Commander – No. 7 Infantry Brigade | Member | 5 July 1962 to 9 July 1971 | |||
| Colonel Maung Lwin | Member | 12 September 1964 to 2 March 1974 | ||||
| Colonel Tin Oo BC 3651 | South Western Regional Command | Member | 12 September 1964 to 2 March 1974 | |||
| Member | 9 July 1971 to 2 March 1974 | |||||
| Member | 9 July 1971 to 2 March 1974 | |||||
| Mahn Thar Myaing | Member | 9 July 1971 to 2 March 1974 |