Prime Minister U Nu
Ba Swe Political party AFPFL Nationality Burma Spouse Daw Aye (m. 1923) | Succeeded by Win Maung Role Lawyer Preceded by Sao Shwe Thaik Name Ba U Books My Burma | |
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Born 26 May 1887
Pathein, Lower Burma, British India ( 1887-05-26 ) Alma mater University of Cambridge Died November 9, 1963, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Party Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League Presidential term March 13, 1952 – March 12, 1957 | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Sir Ba U (Burmese: ဘဦး, [ba̰ ʔú]; 26 May 1887 – 9 November 1963) was the 2nd President of Union of Burma and a lawyer, High Court judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma (1948–1952), and President of Burma from 16 March 1952 to 13 March 1957. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. Ba U served as a judge under British, Japanese and Burmese rule. He wrote an autobiography, Ba, My Burma: The Autobiography of a President (New York: Taplinger, 1958). It contains little in the way of a discussion of public issues.
Biography
He was born on 26 May 1887 at Pathein in the Irrawaddy delta, son of U Poe Hla and Daw Nyunt. He passed university entry class from Ragoon Government High School. At 1907 he attended the University of Cambridge to study law. After graduation in 1912, he got Bachelor of Laws. He was employed as a lawyer in Yangon between 1913 and 1921. In 1921 he became a district judge. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma from 1948 to 1952. He was knighted in 1947.
In 1913 he married Daw Nyein, daughter of retired district judge Aung Zan, and they had two sons. Daw Nyein died in 1922. In 1923 he married Daw Aye, daughter of governor of Soe Pe. With her he had two sons and a daughter. Daw Aye died in 1941. He died on 9 November 1963.