Tun Tin

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.