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___MASK91___ , officially the Republic of the Union of ___MASK91___ and also known as Burma , is a sovereign state in South East ___MASK28___ bordered by Bangladesh , India , ___MASK44___ , Laos and Thailand . About one third of ___MASK91___ ' s total perimeter of 5 , 876 km ( 3 , 651 miles ), forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1 , 930 km ( 1 , 200 miles ) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The country ' s 2014 census revealed a much lower population than expected , with 51 million people recorded . ___MASK91___ is 676 , 578 square kilometres ( 261 , 227 sq mi ) in size . Its capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is ___MASK59___ ( Rangoon ). General Soe Win ( Burmese :     ; pronounced : ( só w   ) ; 10 May 1947 -- 12 October 2007 ) was the Prime Minister of Burma and Secretary - 1 of the State Peace and Development Council from 2004 to 2007 . He was known by Burmese dissident groups as `` the butcher of Depayin '' for his role as mastermind of the 2003 Depayin Massacre , in which 70 National League for Democracy supporters were killed by a government - sponsored mob . The State Peace and Development Council (; abbreviated to SPDC or ) was the official name of the military government of Burma ( also known as ___MASK91___ ), which seized power in 1988 . On 30 March 2011 , Senior General Than Shwe signed a decree that officially dissolved the Council . General Khin Nyunt ( born 11 October 1939 ) is an officer and politician in Burma ( also known as ___MASK91___ ). Khin Nyunt is of Burmese Chinese descent . His parents are Meixian Hakkas . He held the office of Chief of Intelligence and was Prime Minister from 25 August 2003 until 18 October 2004 . He spent the next seven years under house arrest , having been convicted of corruption , by the hardliners in his party . The National League for Democracy (; abbreviated NLD ) is a democratic socialist and ___MASK90___ democratic political party in ___MASK91___ ( Burma ), currently serving as the governing party . Founded on 27 September 1988 , it has become one of the ___MASK4___ influential parties in ___MASK91___ ' s pro - democracy movement . Special Honorary President of the Socialist International and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its President and she is currently serving as State Counsellor of ___MASK91___ . The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general election . However , the ruling military junta refused to recognise the result . On 6 May 2010 , the party was declared illegal and ordered to be disbanded by the junta after refusing to register for the elections slated for November 2010 . In November 2011 , the NLD announced its intention to register as a political party to contend future elections and on 13 December 2011 , Burma ' s Union Election Commission approved their application for registration . Dabayin ( also spelled Debayin , Depayin , or Tabayin , or Ngapayin ) is a town in the Sagaing Division in ___MASK91___ . Senior General Than Shwe ( born 2 February 1933 ) is a Burmese strongman politician who was the head of state of Burma from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council ( SPDC ). During this period , he held key positions of power including Prime Minister of Burma , Commander - in - chief of ___MASK91___ Defense Services and head of the Union Solidarity and Development Association . In March 2011 he officially stepped down as head of state in favour of his hand - picked successor , Thein Sein , and as head of the Armed Forces , being replaced by general Min Aung Hlaing . Aung San Suu Kyi (, ; born 19 June 1945 ) is a Burmese politician , diplomat , and author who is the First and incumbent State Counsellor and Leader of the National League for Democracy . She is also the first woman to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs of ___MASK91___ , the Minister of the President ' s Office , the Minister of Electric Power and Energy , and the Minister of Education in President Htin Kyaw ' s Cabinet , and from 2012 to 2016 was a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Kawhmu Township . Bogyoke ( Major General ) Aung San ; 13 February 1915  19 July 1947 ) served as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1946 to 1947 . Initially he was a communist and later a social democratic politician . He was known as a revolutionary , nationalist , and as the founder of the Tatmadaw , and is considered the Father of the Nation of modern - day ___MASK91___ . He was the founder of the Communist Party of Burma . The Socialist International ( SI ) is a worldwide association of political parties , ___MASK4___ of which seek to establish democratic socialism . It consists mostly of democratic socialist , social - democratic and labour political parties and other organisations . The Depayin Massacre occurred on 30 May 2003 in Tabayin , a town in ___MASK91___ ' s Sagaing Division ( now Sagaing Region ), when at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy were killed by a government - sponsored mob . In an April 2012 interview , Khin Nyunt , formerly the country ' s prime minister , claimed that he personally intervened to save Aung San Suu Kyi ' s life during the massacre , by mobilising his men to bring her to a safe location at a nearby army cantonment .