Tin Tut, CBE ( my, တင်ထွဋ်, ; also spelt Tin Htut; 1 February 1895 – 18 September 1948) was the 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Burma, and the Minister of Finance in Aung San's pre-independence government. Educated at Dulwich and

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, Tin Tut was the first Burmese to become an Indian Civil Service officer. He was Prime Minister Aung San's deputy in the government. However, he was not present in the cabinet meeting on 19 July 1947. On that day, assassination that claimed the lives of Aung San and six other cabinet ministers occurred . He was mortally wounded when a bomb exploded in his car on Sparks Street on 18 September 1948. He died shortly after in Rangoon General Hospital. A close adviser of Aung San, he was instrumental in negotiations for Burma's independence including Panglong and Nu-Attlee agreements. Historian Thant Myint-U called him "the brightest Burmese officer of his generation".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tin Tut Assassinated Burmese politicians 1948 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Finance ministers of Myanmar Foreign ministers of Myanmar Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League politicians People murdered in Myanmar 1895 births Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India People educated at Dulwich College People from Yangon Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers