U Thant

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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

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

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