U Nu

1st Prime Minister of Burma His ExcellencyUNuဦးနုU Nu in 1962Prime Minister of BurmaIn office4 April 1960 – 2 March 1962PresidentWin MaungPreceded byNe WinSucceeded byNe WinIn office28 February 1957 – 28 October 1958PresidentBa UPreceded byBa SweSucceeded byNe WinIn office4 January 1948 – 12 June 1956PresidentSao Shwe ThaikBa UPreceded byOffice establishedAung San as Premier of British Crown Colony of BurmaSucceeded byBa Swe Personal detailsBorn(1907-05-25)25 May 1907Wakema, Myaungmya District, Lower Burma, British IndiaDied14 February 1995(1995-02-14) (aged 87)Bahan Township, Yangon, MyanmarPartyUnion Party (1958–1962/4)Parliamentary Democracy Party (1969–1973)Other politicalaffiliationsAFPFL (until 1958)Spouse Mya Yi ​ ​(m. 1935; died 1993)​ChildrenSan San NuThaung HtaikMaung AungThan Than NuKhin Aye NuAlma materUniversity of Rangoon ReligionTheravada Buddhism Nu (Burmese: ဦးနု; pronounced [ʔú nṵ]; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as U Nu and also by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a prominent Burmese statesman and the first Prime Minister of Union of Burma. He was educated at Rangoon University, where he developed his politi