State Law and Order Restoration Council
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SLORC, or the State Law and Order Restoration Council was the name of the military government of Myanmar between 18 September 1988 and 15 November 1997.
SLORC was formed when the Burmese armed forces, commanded by General Saw Maung (later self-promoted to 'Senior General' Saw Maung, died July 1997), seized power on 18 September 1988 crushing the 'Four Eights' (8888) uprising. On the day it seized power SLORC issued Order No.1/1988 stating that the Armed Forces had taken over power and announced the formation of the SLORC. With Order No. 2/1988, the SLORC abolished all 'Organs of State Power' that were formed under the 1974 Burmese Constitution. The Pyithu Hluttaw (the Legislature under the 1974 Constitution), the Council of Ministers (the Cabinet), the Council of People's Justices (the Judiciary), the Council of People's Attorneys (the 'Attorney-General Office'), the Council of People's Inspectors (the 'Auditor-General Office'), as well as the State/Division, Township, Ward/Village People's Councils were abolished. The SLORC also stated that the services of the Deputy Ministers in the previous Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) government which it replaced were also terminated. (Under the 1974 Burmese Constitution the 'Council of Ministers' acted as a Cabinet but since the Deputy Ministers were not considered to be formally part of the Council of Ministers the SLORC made sure that the Deputy Minister's -- together with the Ministers' -- services in the previous BSPP government from whom it had taken over power were also terminated.) The Orders that SLORC issued on the day of its takeover can be seen in the 19 September 1988 issue of The Working People's Daily. The first Chairman of SLORC was General Saw Maung, later Senior General Saw Maung. Saw Maung was also the Prime Minister. Saw Maung was removed as both Chairman of SLORC and Prime Minister on 23 April 1992 and General Than Shwe (later Senior General Than Shwe) took over both posts from him.
On 15 November 1997 the SLORC was abolished and reconstituted itself as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC); however, this was essentially just a renaming as the leadership essentially did not change. Most but not all members of the abolished SLORC were in the SPDC together with some new appointments.
Since 18 September 1988 the SLORC/SPDC can be considered as the top legislative as well as policy-making body in Burma.
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Members
No. | Name | Position | Serial No. | School/Intake | Photo |
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1. | General Saw Maung | Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services | BC 6187 | OTS-6 | NA |
2. | Lieutenant General Than Shwe | Vice ChairmanCommander-in-Chief (Army) | BC 6710 | OTS-9 | |
3. | Brigadier General Khin Nyunt | Secretary-1Director of DDSI | BC 8468 | OTS-25 | |
4. | Colonel Tin Oo | Secretary-2Colonel General Staff | BC 8182 | OTS-22 | NA |
5. | Vice-Admiral Maung Maung Khin | Member Commander-in-Chief (Navy) | Yay 1038 | NA | |
6. | Major General Tin Tun | Member Commander-in-Chief (Air Force) | Lei 1127 | - | NA |
7. | Brigadier General Aung Ye Kyaw | MemberAdjutant General | BC 6149 | OTS-6 | NA |
8. | Major General Phone Myint | MemberQuartermaster General | BC 6662 | OTS-9 | NA |
9. | Major General Sein Aung | Member Bureau of Special Operation-1 | BC 6740 | OTS-10 | NA |
10. | Major General Chit Swe | MemberBureau of Special Operation-2 | BC 6463 | OTS-8 | NA |
11. | Brigadier General Kyaw Ba | MemberCommander ofNorthern Command | BC 7924 | OTS-21 | NA |
12. | Colonel Maung Thint | MemberCommander of Northeast Command | BC 7600 | OTS-18 | NA |
13. | Brigadier General Maung Aye | MemberCommander of Eastern Command | BC 7875 | DSA-1 | |
14. | Brigadier General Nyan Lin | MemberCommander of Southeast Command | BC 7863 | DSA-1 | NA |
15. | Brigadier General Myint Aung | Member Commander of Southwest Command | BC 6917 | OTS-12 | NA |
16. | Brigadier General Mya Thin | MemberCommander of Western Command | BC 6605 | OTS-9 | NA |
17. | Brigadier General Tun Kyi | MemberCommander of Northwest Command | BC 7864 | DSA-1 | NA |
18. | Brigadier General Aye Thaung | MemberCommander of Central Command | BC 7034 | OTS-13 | NA |
19. | Brigadier General Myo Nyunt | MemberCommander of Rangoon Command | BC 7557 | OTS-18 | NA |
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