Mahn Ba Khaing | |
Office: | Minister of Industry and Labour of Burma |
Primeminister: | Aung San |
Term Start: | September 1946 |
Term End: | 19 July 1947 |
Predecessor: | New Office |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1903 |
Birth Place: | Hinthada, British Burma |
Death Place: | Yangon, British Burma |
Resting Place: | Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar |
Party: | AFPFL |
Relations: | Mahn Win Khaing Than (grandson) |
Profession: | Politician |
Mahn Ba Khaing (Burmese: မန်းဘခိုင် in Burmese pronounced as /máɰ̃ ba̰ kʰàɪɰ̃/; 26 October 1903 - 19 July 1947) was a Karen[1] politician who served as the Minister of Industry and Labour in Burma's pre-independence government.[2] He was assassinated on 19 July 1947, alongside Prime Minister Aung San, the father of Aung San Suu Kyi, and was recognized as one of the nine Burmese national martyrs.[3]
Mahn Win Khaing Than, acting Vice President of Myanmar,[4] [5] is one of his grandchildren.[6] [7]
Born in Yontalin Village, Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady Region on 26 October 1903, Mahn Ba Khaing was the fifth son of Mahn Pe Kone, the village head, and Daw Pu.[8] [9] [10] He was educated at the American Baptist Missionary School in Hinthada before leaving the school in 1920.[11]
Mahn Ba Khaing was elected as a parliamentarian for northern Pathein region in 1937.[8] He served as chairman of the Karen Youth Organisation. When the Aung San-led interim government was formed in 1946, Mahn Ba Khaing was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Labour.[2]
He and eight others (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Ministers' Building in Yangon (nowadays Secretariat Yangon).[12] [13]