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== '''Moe Nyo U Ko Ko Gyi''' ({{lang-my|မိုးညိုဦးကိုကိုကြီး}}) == |
== '''Moe Nyo U Ko Ko Gyi''' ({{lang-my|မိုးညိုဦးကိုကိုကြီး}}) == |
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U Ko Ko Gyi was a politician and parliamentary secretary of the government of the Union of [[Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Who's Who in Burma |date=August 1, 1961 |publisher=People's Literature Committee & House |year=1961 |edition= |
U Ko Ko Gyi was a politician and parliamentary secretary of the government of the Union of [[Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Who's Who in Burma |date=August 1, 1961 |publisher=People's Literature Committee & House |year=1961 |edition=2nd |location=546, Merchant Street, Rangoon, Burma |pages=37-38 |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်အစိုးရ။ |first=သမိုင်းသုတေသနဦးစီးဌာန၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ |title=ခေတ်ရေစီးထဲကပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ |publisher=ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ |year=1992 |location=Yangon, Myanmar |pages=စာမျက်နှာ (၂၉ ) |language=my}}</ref> He is also well-known for being responsible for housing and urban development throughout Burma; building schools, hospitals, and residential apartments. [[Yankin Township|Yankin]], a city located in the suburb of the former capital of Burma ([[Rangoon]]; now [[Yangon]]), was a largest and the earliest urban development project oversaw by him. |
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He was widely believed to be one of the most notable book enthusiasts in Burma. Throughout his life, he collected thousands of rare books from his overseas trips and delegations. He is probably one of the most notable travelled politicians during his time. Although his early part of life was mainly of political and public career, he learned horoscopy and "Veda" in-depth and produced hand-written manuscripts. |
He was widely believed to be one of the most notable book enthusiasts in Burma. Throughout his life, he collected thousands of rare books from his overseas trips and delegations. He is probably one of the most notable travelled politicians during his time. Although his early part of life was mainly of political and public career, he learned horoscopy and "Veda" in-depth and produced hand-written manuscripts. |
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| Born | January 21, 1912 |
| Died | December 21, 2006 (aged 94) Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Education | I.A., Rangoon University |
| Occupation | Parliamentary Secretary of the Government of the Union of Burma |
| Known for | Politician |
| Political party | AFPFL (Anti-Fascist Peoples' Federation League) |
| Spouse | Daw Ahmar Kyi (First) & Daw Sein Yin (Second after the death of Daw Ahmar Kyi) |
| Children | Khin Maung Oo, Awba Thein Tun, Geneva Myo Tun, Sonny Kyi Wynn & Tommy Ye Win |
| Parent | 'Myo-thu-gyi' U Thaung Pe & Daw Ohn |
Moe Nyo U Ko Ko Gyi (Burmese: မိုးညိုဦးကိုကိုကြီး)
U Ko Ko Gyi was a politician and parliamentary secretary of the government of the Union of Burma (now Myanmar).[1][2] He is also well-known for being responsible for housing and urban development throughout Burma; building schools, hospitals, and residential apartments. Yankin, a city located in the suburb of the former capital of Burma (Rangoon; now Yangon), was a largest and the earliest urban development project oversaw by him.
He was widely believed to be one of the most notable book enthusiasts in Burma. Throughout his life, he collected thousands of rare books from his overseas trips and delegations. He is probably one of the most notable travelled politicians during his time. Although his early part of life was mainly of political and public career, he learned horoscopy and "Veda" in-depth and produced hand-written manuscripts.
Childhood Life
Born January 26, 1912, in Moe Nyo, Tharrawaddy District, Pegu Division; eldest son of U Thaung Pe, 'Myothugyi' (Town Chief Administrator), and Daw Ohn.[1][2]
Education
Educated Rangoon University 1933.[1][2] He did not fininsh his studies in college due to his parents' reluctancy being away from the family. It is believed his student life in Rangoon University was distracted by rising political and nationalistic activities.
Involvement in resistances against British colonial and Japanese occupations
Served in the Burma Independence Army (BIA), 1941-42, and the Resistance Movement. [1][2]He participated actively in resistance against colonial British rule and Japanese occupancy. Although his involvement in BIA was brief, he continued to assist quietly underground in Tharrawaddy District. He was one of the active member of "Do-Bamar Asiayone" (ဒို့ဗမာအစည်းအရုံး) in his native town Moe Nyo.
Political involvements
General Secretary, All Burma Ministerial Services Union 1946-48; Leader, Rangoon District Socialist Party, 1950-57; Secretary, Trade Union Congress (Burma) 1950 to date; elected to parliament from Moe Nyo, 1951 and 1956; 1952; Vice-Chairman, Rangoon district AFPFL (Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League)1950-57; Divisional Secretary, Pegu Division AFPFL 1958 to date.[1][2]
However, his last tenure ended when Revolutionary Council led by General Ne Win took over the country in March 1962. During the caretaker government, he was occasionally summoned by General Ne Win's government to serve in the advisory role in regards to the reconstruction of the nation. Although he has never been a member of the nation's solitary party mechanism "The Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP)", he was asked to be a council member of the Kyauk-ta-da Township Peoples' Council (member of the judicial committee). He was assigned the duty of Vice-chair of the Kyauk-ta-da Township Cooperatives Society; which is a quasi-government-run business entity. He became a board member of the Central Cooperatives Society; which acted as a government-mandated business entity that was responsible for the food and household commodities supply chain hub during the time of Burma socialist era.
Public Services
Appointed Parliamentary Secretary, Public Works, and Housing, 1954-58; Member, of Inland Water Transport Board, 1951-53; member, of Port Inquiry Commission; Vice-Chairman, National Housing, Town and Country Development Board, 1952-57.[1][2]
After General Ne Win took over in 1962, he was assigned a duty of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Ministry of Transport and Communication in the Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP)'s government (under Minister Colonel Than Sein) from 1968 until he retired in 1972.
Notable international award
Awarded Order of Mannelik II, Ethiopia, 1956.[1][2]
International Experiences
Official and political visits to India, Pakistan 1948-57; member, Burmese delegation, ILO Conference; Geneva, 1951; member, Asian Advisory Committee, ILO, Geneva, 1951-53; Member, Burmese Trade Union Mission to China, USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1953; member, political delegation to west European countries and UK, 1951-57; leader, House Delegation to Thailand, 1954; delegate, Asian Socialist Conference, Bombay, 1956; member, Burmese delegation to United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), 1957.[1]
Publications
"India Today" in Burmese, 1948; "New Democracy" in Burmese 1949.[1][2]
Marriage & Residences
First marriage was with Daw Ahmar Kyi and the second marriage was with Daw Sein Yin, B.Com., RA (few years after the death of Daw Ahmar Kyi); five children. The first residence was at Thayetaw Lane, Thingangyun, Rangoon (Yangon). Later moved to 39th Street, Kyauktada Township, Rangoon; then to Thuwunna (Myintha) and Minhla Town, Pegu (Bago) Division and then returned to Thuwunna Myo, Rangoon (Yangon) which was his final resting place.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Who's Who in Burma (2nd ed.). 546, Merchant Street, Rangoon, Burma: People's Literature Committee & House. August 1, 1961. pp. 37–38.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်အစိုးရ။, သမိုင်းသုတေသနဦးစီးဌာန၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ (1992). ခေတ်ရေစီးထဲကပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ (in Burmese). Yangon, Myanmar: ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊. pp. စာမျက်နှာ (၂၉ ).