Hmu Aung
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Bo Hmu Aung was a member of the Thirty Comrades
. Bo Hmu Aung was born in Kyauktaga, Pegu township, Burma (now Myanmar
) in 1910 and died on 9 November 2004 at his residence in Rangoon.
His political activities started when he joined Dobama Asiayone (We Burmans Association) in 1930 and Thirty Comrades in 1941. These organisations were created to gain independence from Britain. General Aung San is top national leader of Burma. U Aung Zan Wai, U Pe Khin, Major Aung(Bo Hmu Aung), Sir Maung Gyi and Dr. Sein Mya Maung and Myoma U Than Kywe were most important negotiators and leaders of the historical panglong Conference negotiated with Burma national top leader General Aung San and other top leaders in 1947. All these leaders decided to join together to form the Union of Burma. Union day celebration is one of the greatest in the history of Burma.
After independence, Bo Hmu Aung was a member of parliament
, deputy chairman of parliament, and a minister 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 junta
to negotiate with the National League for Democracy
after its win in the 1990 parliamentary elections.
Thirty Comrades
The Thirty Comrades constituted the embryo of the modern Burmese army called the Burma Independence Army which was formed to fight for independence from Britain...
. Bo Hmu Aung was born in Kyauktaga, Pegu township, Burma (now Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
) in 1910 and died on 9 November 2004 at his residence in Rangoon.
His political activities started when he joined Dobama Asiayone (We Burmans Association) in 1930 and Thirty Comrades in 1941. These organisations were created to gain independence from Britain. General Aung San is top national leader of Burma. U Aung Zan Wai, U Pe Khin, Major Aung(Bo Hmu Aung), Sir Maung Gyi and Dr. Sein Mya Maung and Myoma U Than Kywe were most important negotiators and leaders of the historical panglong Conference negotiated with Burma national top leader General Aung San and other top leaders in 1947. All these leaders decided to join together to form the Union of Burma. Union day celebration is one of the greatest in the history of Burma.
After independence, Bo Hmu Aung was a member of parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
, deputy chairman of parliament, and a minister 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
U Nu
For other people with the Burmese name Nu, see Nu .U Nu was a leading Burmese nationalist and political figure of the 20th century...
's insurgent PDP in Thailand, but returned to Rangoon after the 1980 amnesty.
After the 8888 Uprising
8888 Uprising
The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests was a series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma...
he formed, with U Nu, the League for Democracy and Peace and signed several public appeals urging the ruling junta
Military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a form of government where in the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
to negotiate with the National League for Democracy
National League for Democracy
The National League for Democracy is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September 1988. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its General Secretary. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general election. However, the ruling military junta...
after its win in the 1990 parliamentary elections.
External links
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/highlights/story/2004/11/041110_bo_hmu_aung.shtml Bo Hmu Aung profile 10 November 2004