U Thant

U Thant
Thant pictured in 1968.
Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions
In office November 30, 1961 – December 31, 1971
Precedit bi	Dag Hammarskjöld
Succeedit bi	Kurt Waldheim
Personal details
Born	22 Januar 1909(1909-01-22) Pantanaw, Breetish Burma, Breetish Raj
Dee'd	25 November 1974(1974-11-25) (aged 65) New York Ceety, Unitit States
Cause o daith	Lung cancer
Restin place	Tomb sooth o Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)
Naitionality	Burmese
Spoose(s)	Daw Thein Tin
Relations	Po Hnit (faither) Nan Thaung (mither) Khant (brither) Thaung (brither) Tin Maung (brither)
Bairns	Maung Bo Tin Maung Thant Aye Aye Thant
Parents	Po Hnit Nan Thaung
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

U Thant (Burmese: ဦးသန္ ့့; MLCTS: u:san.; Burmese pronunciation: [ʔú θa̰ɴ]; Inglis pronunciation: /ˌuː ˈθɑːnt/;^[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.