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
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
U Nu was named the country's first Prime Minister in 1947, a year before independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
U Nu proclaimed himself Prime Minister of a "parallel government" when pro-democracy activity pushed aside Ne Win in 1988, but the military quickly placed U Nu under house arrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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