Bo Hmu Aung ( my, ဗိုလ်မှူးအောင်, 30 August 1910 – 9 November 2004) was a Burmese military officer and a member of the legendary '' Thirty Comrades'' who trained in

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in the struggle for independence from Britain and regarded as one of the founders of the Tatmadaw (the modern-day Myanmar Armed Forces). He also served as Speaker of the

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Union Parliament of independence Burma (now Myanmar).

Early life

Bo Hmu Aung was born on 30 August 1910 in Kyauktaga, Pegu Province, British Burma (now Myanmar).

Struggle for independence

Freedom fighter

He joined

Dobama Asiayone Dobama Asiayone ( my, တို့ဗမာအစည်းအရုံး, ''Dóbăma Ăsì-Ăyòun'', meaning ''We Burmans Association'', DAA), commonly known as the Thakhins ( my, သခင် ''sa.hkang'', lit. Lords), was a Burmese national ...

in 1930. In 1940, he smuggled out of Burma with Aung San and 28 others to receive military training to fight the British colonial government and founded Burma Independence Army (BIA). When Burma's resistance to Japanese occupation was launched on 27 March 1945, Bo Hmu Aung commanded Zone 7, one of the hottest area of war. His subordinate officers during Burmese revolution against Japanese occupation of Burma were Bo Sein Hman (who later died in action as Special Commissioner) and Bo Aung Gyi.

Panglong Conference

In 1947, Bo Hmu Aung acted as one of the negotiators of the historical Panglong Conference negotiated with Bamar representative General Aung San and other ethnic leaders. All these leaders unanimously decided to join the Union of Burma. On the agenda was the united struggle for independence from Britain and the future of Burma after independence as a unified republic. The signing is now celebrated as a public holiday, Union Day, in Myanmar.

Political career

After independence, Bo Hmu Aung served as a member of parliament, Speaker of the

, and a

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in various ministries, such as transport and communication, housing and resettlement and defence. He was detained and put under house arrest many times after the military coup in 1962. Released in 1967, he joined U Nu's insurgent PDP in Thailand, but returned to Rangoon after the 1980 amnesty. After the 8888 Uprising he formed, with U Nu, the League for Democracy and Peace and signed several public appeals urging the ruling

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to negotiate with the National League for Democracy after its win in the 1990 parliamentary elections.

Death

He died on 9 November 2004 at his residence in

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References

External links

Bo Hmu Aung profile 10 November 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hmu Aung, Bo History of Myanmar Government ministers of Myanmar 2004 deaths 1910 births People from Bago Region Burmese collaborators with Imperial Japan Burmese military personnel