Tun Tin
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Tun Tin | |
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ထွန်းတင် | |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1977–1988 | |
Preceded by | Than Sein |
Succeeded by | Maung Maung Khin |
Personal details | |
Born | Brigadier General | 2 October 1920
Thura U Tun Tin (
Biography
He was born in
In 1942 he joined the Burma Independence Army 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 provost marshal 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
Tun Tin died on 1 May 2020 at No. 2 Military Hospital, Yangon, five months short of his 100th birthday.[3][4]
References
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- ISBN 978-0-87840-893-1. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "သူရဦးထွန်းတင် နာရေးကြေငြာစာ". Myanmar Alin, Pg. 31 (in Burmese). 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ R I P ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးသူရ (ဦး)ထွန်းတင် . . .