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List of premiers of British Burma

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This article lists the premiers or chancellors (Burmese: နန်းရင်းဝန်) of British Burma before independence.

Premiers (1937–1948)

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N Portrait Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Ba Maw 1937 1939
2 Maung Pu[1] 1939 1940
3 U Saw[2] 1940 1942[3]
4 Aung San 1943 1943
(1) Ba Maw 1943 1945
5 Sir Paw Tun[4] 1945 1945
6 Tun Oke[5] 1945 1946
(5) Sir Paw Tun 1946 1946
(4) Aung San 1946 19 July 1947
7 U Nu 19 July 1947 4 January 1948

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Robert H. (28 November 2018). "Politics in Late Colonial Burma: The Case of U Saw". Modern Asian Studies. 10 (2): 161–193. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00005928. ISSN 1469-8099. S2CID 145683629.
  2. ^ "On The Day the Prime Minister of British Burma was Hanged". The Irrawaddy. 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "On This Day | How a Prime Minister of British Burma Became a Killer". The Irrawaddy. 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "NEW GOVERNMENT FORMING IN BURMA; Sir Paw Tun Called Upon by Governor to Be Premier -U Saw Is Accused HAMPERED AID, IS CHARGE Ex-Premier Detained by British Said to Have Interfered With Our Help to China". The New York Times. 20 January 1942.
  5. ^ Duiker, William J. Review of Traditional China, A Spectrum. pp. 159–161. JSTOR 41930042.