U Nu

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Burmese politician human prime minister

U Nu was a prominent Burmese political leader and the first Prime Minister of independent Burma, known for his role in postcolonial Asian diplomacy and non-aligned movement initiatives.

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Surface form Occurrences
Thakin Nu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Burmese politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
allyOf Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Sukarno ⓘ
birthName U Nu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thakin Nu
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

Myanmar ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-05-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-02-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Rangoon Arts and Science University ⓘ
surface form: University of Rangoon
givenName Nu ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: Union of Burma
ideology Buddhist socialism ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
languageSpoken Burmese ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League ⓘ
Burma Socialist Programme Party government ⓘ
surface form: Burma Socialist Programme Party

League for Democracy and Peace ⓘ
name U Nu self-link ⓘ
notableFor being the first Prime Minister of independent Burma ⓘ
leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
role in postcolonial Asian diplomacy ⓘ
notableWork Japanese occupation of Burma ⓘ
surface form: Burma under the Japanese

The People Win Through ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participatedIn Anti-colonial movement in British Burma ⓘ
Bandung Conference ⓘ
Burmese nationalism ⓘ
surface form: Burmese independence movement

Non-Aligned Movement initiatives ⓘ
placeOfBirth Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: British Burma

Wakema ⓘ
placeOfDeath Myanmar ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of Defence of Burma ⓘ
Minister of Education of Burma ⓘ
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burma ⓘ
Minister of Information of Burma ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burma ⓘ
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Burma ⓘ
predecessor Aung San ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
spouse Mya Yi ⓘ
successor Ne Win ⓘ

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U Nu → birthName → U Nu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thakin Nu
U Nu → name → U Nu self-link ⓘ