Thant

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Secretary-General of the United Nations diplomat human

Thant, better known as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.

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Label Occurrences
Thant canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U Thant ⓘ
appointedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
awardReceived Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding ⓘ
Order of Burma ⓘ
burialPlace Yangon ⓘ
surface form: Rangoon, Burma
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
child Myo Thant ⓘ
Thant Myint-U ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

Myanmar ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-01-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1974-11-25 ⓘ
educatedAt National High School, Pantanaw ⓘ
Rangoon Arts and Science University ⓘ
surface form: University of Rangoon
employer Government of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Government of Burma

United Nations ⓘ
endTime 1971 ⓘ
fieldOfWork diplomacy ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Thant self-link ⓘ
honorificPrefix U ⓘ
languageSpoken Burmese ⓘ
English ⓘ
name Thant self-link ⓘ
nationality Burmese ⓘ
notableWork mediation during the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
oversight of UN peacekeeping operations in the Middle East ⓘ
role in ending the Congo Crisis ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
orderInOffice 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pantanaw, British Burma ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, United States
positionHeld Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
Permanent Representative of Burma to the United Nations ⓘ
Secretary to the Prime Minister of Burma ⓘ
Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
predecessor Dag Hammarskjöld ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, United States
spouse Daw Thein Tin ⓘ
startTime 1961 ⓘ
successor Kurt Waldheim ⓘ

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U Thant → birthName → Thant ⓘ
U Thant → givenName → Thant ⓘ
Thant → name → Thant self-link ⓘ
Thant → givenName → Thant self-link ⓘ