U Thant
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U Thant (Burmese: ဦးသန္ ့့; MLCTS: u:san.; Template:IPA-my; Template:IPA-en;[1] Januar 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) wis a Burmese diplomat an the third Secretary-General o the Unitit Naitions, frae 1961 tae 1971. He wis chosen for the post when his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, dee'd in September 1961.
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- Unitit Naitions Secretaries-General
- Unitit Naitions offeecials
- Burmese Buddhists
- 1909 births
- 1974 deaths
- Cold War diplomats
- Daiths frae lung cancer
- Fowk frae the Bronx
- Riverdale, Bronx
- Burmese diplomats
- Cancer daiths in New York
- Rangoon University alumni
- Amateur radio fowk
- Permanent Representatives o Burma tae the Unitit Naitions
