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Thura U Tun Tin (Burmese: , pronounced: [t t ]; born 2 October 1920) was the 9th

Prime Minister of Burma for a few months in 1988.

He was born in Myitkyina on 2 October 1920. He was graduated with a bachelor's degree from
Mandalay College in 1941. He was a Thakin of Do-Bama-Asiayone and student underground
movement leader against the British.

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 Minister for Planning and Finance during cabinet reshuffle. In 1978,
he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Finance under BSPP
government of Prime Minister Maung Maung Kha and served in that position until 1988. In June
1988, he was appointed as prime minister and served briefly until September 1988.[1] He is now
retired from politics.

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