Tin Tut
Tin Tut, CBE (Burmese: တင်ထွဋ်, pronounced [tɪ̀ɴ tʰʊʔ]; also spelt Tin Htut; 1 February 1895 – 18 September 1948) was the first 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Burma, and the Minister of Finance in Aung San's pre-independence government.
Tin Tut တင်ထွဋ် | |
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| 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 January 1948 – September 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | U Nu |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Kyaw Nyein |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 28 September 1946 – 4 January 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | Aung San |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chancellor of University of Rangoon | |
| In office 1939–1942 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1895 Rangoon, British Burma |
| Died | 18 September 1948 (aged 53) Rangoon, Burma |
| Political party | AFPFL |
| Relations | Htin Aung, Myint Thein and Kyaw Myint |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Educated at Dulwich and Queens' College, Cambridge, Tin Tut was the first Burmese to become an Indian Civil Service officer. He was Prime Minister Aung San's deputy in the government.[1] 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 .[2]
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".
References
- Thant Myint-U (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps--Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
- Maung Htin Aung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. p. 308.