branch predecessor successor religion birth_place allegiance nationality party native_name birth_date term_start order rank article_title term_end name alma_mater
myanmar army maung maung kha saw maung theravada buddhism myitkyina , british burma myanmar burma burma socialist programme party ထ န တင 2 october 1920 july 26 , 1988 6th prime minister of burma brigadier general tun tin
 september 18 , 1988 tun tin mandalay college
tun tin

thura u tun tin -lrb- , ; born 2 october 1920 -rrb- 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 british .
in 1942 he joined burma independence army and attended officer training school -lrb- 3rd batch -rrb- during japanese occupation of burma .
he continued to serve in burma army after its independence from british .
he was awarded `` thura '' title for his bravery during battle of insein against karen insurgency in 1949 .
in 1950 he attended provost marshall course in the united kingdom .
he later served as provost-marshall of burmese army .
after 1962 he briefly served in 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 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 .
he is now retired from politics .
