Tun Tin

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Brigadier General (Retired) Tun Tin BC 5591
ထွန်းတင်
6th Prime Minister of Burma
In office
July 26, 1988 – September 18, 1988
Preceded byMaung Maung Kha
Succeeded bySaw Maung
Personal details
Born(1920-10-02)2 October 1920
Myitkyina, British Burma
Died1 May 2020(2020-05-01) (aged 99)
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurma
Political partyBurma Socialist Programme Party
Alma materMandalay College

Thura U Tun Tin (Burmese: ထွန်းတင်, pronounced: [tʰʊ́ɴ tɪ̀ɴ]; 2 October 1920 – 1 May 2020) was an Burmese politician. Tin served as the 9th Prime Minister of Burma for a few months in 1988.[1]

He was born in Myitkyina on 2 October 1920. He studied at Mandalay College in 1941.

Tin died on 1 May 2020 in Yangon at the age of 99.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Steinberg, David I. (2001). Burma, the state of Myanmar. Georgetown University Press. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-0-87840-893-1. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. R I P ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးသူရ (ဦး)ထွန်းတင် Archived 2020-06-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Burmese)