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THANT, U

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  • 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2. The College of Wooster, United States
  • 3. Geneva, Switzerland

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Burmese diplomat, second Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) 1961-1962 and third Secretary-General 1962-1971 Was born 28 January 1909 in Pantanaw, Burma (now Myanmar) and died 25 November 1974 in New York City, United States. He was the son of U Po Hnit, landowner and rice merchant, and Daw Nan Thaung. On 14 November 1934 he married Daw Thein Tin, with whom he had a daughter, two sons and a foster son. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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