Win (Burmese diplomat)

Maha Thray Sithu Win was a Burmese diplomat, politician and lawyer.

Life

 * From 1930 to 1942 he was Senior Master at the Education Department.
 * From 1942 to 1944, during Japanese occupation, he was Deputy Director in charge of Labour.
 * From 1945 to 1947 he was President, Trade Union Congress (Burma).
 * In 1947 he was:
 * Leader of the Burma Socialist Party and Member in the Constituent Assembly from the Lanmadaw Township Rangoon.
 * Vice-President of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League.
 * Member of Governor's Executive Council in charge of Industry and Labour,
 * High Commissioner for Burma in India.
 * From 1948 to 1950 he was Ambassador in New Delhi.
 * On September 28, 1948 he was designated Minister for Education and Democratisation of Local Administration.
 * On January 3, 1950 he was designated Minister for DLA (Democratisation of Local Administration), Public Health, Rehabilitation and Public Works.
 * From September 14, 1950 to 1952 he was Minister for Defence, Home and Religious Affairs.
 * On August 30, 1951 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from Yamethin South.
 * On March 16, 1952 he was designated Minister for National Planning and Religious Affairs.
 * On September 5, 1953 he was designated Minister for Union Culture.
 * From December 5, 1955 to August 21, 1959 he was ambassador in Washington, D.C. and concurrently till 1957 Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations.
 * Within the Headquarters of the United Nations he was chairman of the Asian-African Group.
 * In August 1958 he was designated and on 1958-10-09 co-accredited as Myanmar Ambassador to Canada.
 * In 1959 he became Member of the Executive Committee of the Clean AFPFL.
 * In March 1960 he became Treasurer of the Union Party (Burma).
 * On March 17, 1961 he resigned with entire Executive Committee of the Clean AFPFL.