Thura U Tun Tin (, ; 2 October 1920 – 1 May 2020) was a Burmese politician who served as

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from July 1988 to September 1988.

Biography

He was born in

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; Jingpho language, Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ; , ''Sèna'') is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese language, Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina i ...

in October 1920. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from

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in 1941. He was a ''

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'' of Do-Bama-Asiayone and student underground movement leader against the British. In 1942 he joined the

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and attended officer training school (3rd batch) during Japanese occupation of Burma. He continued to serve in Burma army after its independence from the British. He was awarded "Thura" title for his bravery during Battle of Insein against the Karen insurgency in 1949. In 1950 he attended a

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course in the United Kingdom. He later served as provost-marshal of the Burmese Army. After 1962 he briefly served in the Labor Ministry as director-general and later as Secretary of Ministry of Labor and Mines. After that he served as Director of Military Training and Planning in Ministry of Defence till 1972. In 1972 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Co-operatives in General Ne Win's government. He also retired from the army in the same year. In 1974, he was appointed as Minister of Labor and later in 1975 as Minister of Co-operatives in BSPP government under Prime Minister Sein Win. In 1977 he was appointed as Minister for Planning and Finance during cabinet reshuffle. In 1978, he was appointed as

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and Minister for Planning and Finance under BSPP government of Prime Minister

Maung Maung Kha Maung Maung Kha ( ; 7 June 1920 – 30 April 1995) was Prime Minister of Burma between 1977 and 1988. Maung Maung Kha was born to Khin Tint and Chit Pe in Yangon. He enrolled in University of Rangoon in 1937 to study engineering but left ...

and served in that position until 1988. In June 1988, he was appointed as Prime Minister during the

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. He served as the official head of government of Burma until the military takeover of the country a few months later. Tun Tin died on 1 May 2020 at No. 2 Military Hospital,

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, five months short of his 100th birthday.R I P ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးသူရ (ဦး)ထွန်းတင် . . .
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tun Tin 1920 births 2020 deaths Burma Socialist Programme Party politicians People from Myitkyina Deputy prime ministers of Myanmar Finance ministers of Myanmar Labour ministers of Myanmar Prime ministers of Myanmar Burmese generals Mandalay University alumni