U Thant

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Secretary-General of the United Nations diplomat human

U Thant was a Burmese diplomat who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, playing a key role in international diplomacy during the Cold War.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Secretary-General of the United Nations → diplomat → human →
awardReceived	Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding → Order of Burma →
birthName	Thant →
burialPlace	Rangoon → Shwedagon Pagoda vicinity →
causeOfDeath	lung cancer →
commemoratedBy	U Thant Island in New York City → U Thant Peace Award →
countryOfBirth	British Burma →
countryOfCitizenship	Burma → Myanmar →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1909-01-22 →
dateOfDeath	1974-11-25 →
educatedAt	National High School, Pantanaw → University of Rangoon →
employer	United Nations →
endTime	1971-12-31 →
givenName	Thant →
hasHonoraryDegree	honorary degree from Carleton University → honorary degree from Princeton University →
honorificPrefix	U →
ideology	non-alignment →
knownFor	Cold War diplomacy → third Secretary-General of the United Nations →
languageSpoken	Burmese → English →
memberOf	United Nations Secretariat →
name	U Thant →
nationality	Burmese →
notableWork	involvement in the Six-Day War diplomacy → mediation in the Congo Crisis → role in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis → support for decolonization →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → politician →
ordinalInOffice	3 →
placeOfBirth	Pantanaw →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
positionHeld	Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations → Secretary-General of the United Nations →
predecessor	Dag Hammarskjöld →
religion	Buddhism →
spouse	Daw Thein Tin →
startTime	1961-11-30 →
successor	Kurt Waldheim →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
U Thant →	name
Dag Hammarskjöld →	successor