U Thant

U Thant
U Thant
	Thant pictured in 1968.
Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions
	In office; November 30, 1961 – December 31, 1971
Precedit bi	Dag Hammarskjöld
Succeedit bi	Kurt Waldheim
Personal details
Born	22 Januar 1909; Pantanaw, Breetish Burma, Breetish Raj
Dee'd	25 November 1974 (aged 65); New York Ceety, Unitit States
Cause o daith	Lung cancer
Restin place	Tomb sooth o Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)
Naitionality	Burmese
Spoose(s)	Daw Thein Tin
Relations	Po Hnit (faither); Nan Thaung (mither); Khant (brither); Thaung (brither); Tin Maung (brither);
Bairns	Maung Bo; Tin Maung Thant; Aye Aye Thant;
Parents	Po Hnit; Nan Thaung;
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

U Thant (Burmese: ဦးသန္ ့့; MLCTS: u:san.; Burmese pronunciation: [ʔú θa̰ɴ]; Inglis pronunciation: /ˌuː ˈθɑːnt/;^[1] Januar 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) wis a Burmese diplomat an the third Secretary-General o the Unitit Naitions, frae 1961 tae 1971. He wis chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, dee'd in September 1961.

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