# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/than-shwe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:36.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/than-shwe"
name: "Than Shwe"
slug: "than-shwe"
description: "Than Shwe is a retired Burmese military officer who ruled Myanmar as the second chairman of the State Peace, and Development Council as well as the commander-in-chief of Defence Services from 1992 until his resignation in 2011, and concurrently served as the eighth prime minister of Myanmar from 1992 to 2003. He previously served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Defence Services from 1985, and the vice chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, and deputy prime minister of Myanmar from 1988 until 1992."
tagline: "Burmese senior general and head of state of Myanmar of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1933-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump