U Nu
Americannoun
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In the 1950s, Burma’s first elected government under Prime Minister U Nu announced that anyone who lived within Burma’s borders before the British colonizers arrived would be granted citizenship.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
One of the cabinets of U Nu, the country’s first post-independence leader, included a health minister who identified himself as Arakanese Muslim.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2017
After 15 months in office he held elections that promptly returned U Nu to power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Former Prime Minister U Nu, ousted by Ne Win in 1962, has declared a "parallel government," consisting of old officials like himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Energetic Dictator Ne Win, who is part-Chinese, in 1958 pressured Parliament into making him Premier in place of dreamy, inefficient but popular U Nu.
From Time Magazine Archive
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