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Aung San

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (February 13, 1915-July 19, 1947)
    Born in Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar
    Birth name was Htein Lin
    Leader in the Burmese independence movement
    Founded the Burma National Army (1941)
    Founded the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (1944)
    Assassinated by followers of former prime minister U Saw
    Father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a founding member and first secretary general of the Communist Party of Burma (1939).
    He collaborated with the Japanese occupation government during WWII, serving as Minister of War.
    Winston Churchill called him 'a traitor rebel leader.'
    He persecuted members of the Karen ethnic group for their loyalty to Britain.
    British colonial governor Reginal Dorman-Smith attempted to put him on trial for his role in the murder of a Karen village headman.

Why he might not be annoying:

    As editor of a student magazine at the University of Rangoon, he was expelled from school for refusing to identify the author of an article criticizing a university official.
    He became skeptical of Japanese promises of Burmese independence and led the Burma National Army in a revolt against the Japanese occupiers (March 27, 1945).
    During the pro-democracy 8-8-88 Uprising, his portrait was carried by demonstrators and used as a rallying point.
    Following the uprising, Myanmar's military junta redesigned the nation's currency, the kyat, removing his portrait.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 157 Votes: 61.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 78.95% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying