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    Maung Maung was the 7th President of Burma and Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party, holding both positions briefly from August 19 to September 18, 1988. He was a lawyer, historian and politician who previously held positions such as Attorney General and Supreme Judge General in Burma. Maung Maung died in 1994 at the age of 69 from a heart attack in Yangon.

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    Maung Maung was the 7th President of Burma and Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party, holding both positions briefly from August 19 to September 18, 1988. He was a lawyer, historian and politician who previously held positions such as Attorney General and Supreme Judge General in Burma. Maung Maung died in 1994 at the age of 69 from a heart attack in Yangon.

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    Maung Maung was the 7th President of Burma and Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party, holding both positions briefly from August 19 to September 18, 1988. He was a lawyer, historian and politician who previously held positions such as Attorney General and Supreme Judge General in Burma. Maung Maung died in 1994 at the age of 69 from a heart attack in Yangon.

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    Maung Maung was the 7th President of Burma and a well-known writer and historian. He held many high-level positions in the Burmese government and legal system over his career.

    Maung Maung was a lawyer, historian and politician who served as the 7th President of Burma from 1988 to 1988. He was also the son of a lawyer and was well-educated, studying in Burma, England, the Netherlands and the US.

    Maung Maung served as Attorney-General, Supreme Judge-General, and Chief Justice of Burma. He was also a prominent member of the ruling BSPP party and played a large role in shaping Burma's 1974 constitution and legal system.

    Maung Maung

    Maung Maung

    7th President of Burma


    In office
    19 August 1988 18 September 1988
    Preceded
    Colonel Sein Lwin
    by
    Succeeded Saw Maung, as Chairman of the
    by

    State Law and Order Restoration


    Council

    Chairman of the Burma Socialist


    Programme Party
    In office
    19 August 1988 18 September 1988
    Preceded
    Sein Lwin
    by
    Succeeded
    Office abolished
    by
    Personal details
    11 January 1925
    Born
    Mandalay, Upper Burma,
    British India
    2 July 1994 (aged 69)
    Died
    Yangon, Myanmar

    Cause of de
    Heart attack
    ath
    Nationality Burma
    Political
    BSPP
    party
    Spouse(s) Khin May Hnin
    U Sint (father)
    Relations
    Aye Tin (mother)
    Children 5
    Yale University (JSD, 1962)
    Utrecht University (LLD,
    Alma mater 1956)
    University of Rangoon (BA,
    1946 and LLB, 1949)
    Occupation Lawyer, historian, politician
    Religion Theravada Buddhism
    Dr. Maung Maung (Burmese: [m m]; 11 January 1925 2
    July 1994) was the 7th President of the Union of Myanmar, and a well-known
    writer.

    Biography
    Maung Maung was the son of lawyer U Sint and his wife Daw Aye Tin. He
    graduated from BTN High School. He attended the fourth intake of the Japan
    academy. In 1946, he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Rangoon
    University. In 1949, he received a Bachelor of Law (BL) degree. He was a
    lecturer in the English department in Rangoon University, editor of the Burma
    Khit Newspaper, and Assistant Secretary of Burma Railways. In 1950, he
    received a scholarship to study in the UK. He entered the Lawyers'
    Association opened in Lincoln Guest House, Hague. He attended the
    international Law education school there. He received his LLD from Utrecht
    University in the Netherlands in June 1956. He temporarily relocated to the
    United States, as a visiting Lecturer in Political Science and Southeast Asian
    Studies at Yale University, with his family.[1] During his stay in Yale, he earned
    a doctorate in juridical science (JSD), on 11 June 1962.[1]
    Maung had five children with his wife, Khin May Hnin (aka) Khin Myint. One of
    his sons, Brig-Gen Kyaw Thu (Retd.) currently holds the post of Deputy
    Foreign Minister on the SPDC, the governing body in Burma.[needs update] He also
    served in various capacities in the successive governments of Myanmar as
    Attorney-General, Supreme Judge-General and other positions.

    Among Maung's well-known publications are:


    1. London Diary (1958)
    2. The Forgotten Army (1946)
    3. Burma in the Family of Nations
    4. General Ne Win and Myanma Politics (Won the National Literary Award in
    Politics)
    5. Thet-shi-yar-za-win (Living HistoryBooks on Biography of Statesmen)
    6. To a soldier son
    7. The 1988 Uprising in Burma

    He died of a heart attack in Rangoon on 2 July 1994, aged 69.

    Political office
    Maung Maung served in a legal capacity in General Ne Win's caretaker
    government from 19581960. Following Ne Win's 1962 military coup, Maung
    Maung became Chief Justice and, although a civilian, was a prominent
    member of the central committee of the BSPP. He played a large part in
    shaping the 1974 constitution and subsequent changes to the judicial
    system. On 19 August 1988, amidst a series of large-scale demonstrations,
    the People's Assembly declared Maung Maung President and Chairman of the
    BSPP.[2][3] Anti-government demonstrations continued and widespread
    disruptions resulted in another military coup led by Saw Maung on 18
    September 1988.[4][5] After his brief spell in power in 1988, Maung Maung
    disappeared from the public eye, although it was rumoured that he helped
    draft the election law governing the 1990 general election.[6]

    References
    1.
    Maung, Maung; Robert H. Taylor (2008). Robert H. Taylor, ed. Dr. Maung Maung:
    gentleman, scholar, patriot. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-981-230409-4.
    Mydans, Seth (20 August 1988). "MAN IN THE NEWS: U Maung Maung; Widely
    Traveled Leader for Rangoon". The New York Times.
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/369986/U-Maung-Maung

    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8079830.html
    http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-898687.html
    http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/m/10847288.php

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