Tun Tin

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]

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

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

  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)


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