Ba U

Infobox President
name=Doctor Ba U
nationality=Burma


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order=2^nd President of Union of Myanmar
vicepresident=
term_start=March 13 1952
term_end=March 12 1957
predecessor=Sao Shwe Thaik
successor= Win Maung
birth_date=birth date|1887|5|26|mf=y
birth_place=Pathein, Ayeyarwady Division,
death_date=death date and age|1963|11|9|1887|5|26
death_place=Yangon,Yangon Division,
spouse= (1) Daw Daw Nyein (1922 died)
(2) Daw Daw Aye (1941 died)
occupation=Lawyer
religion=Buddhist


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Doctor U Ba U KBE (1887 – 1963) was the 2nd President of Union of Myanmar and a lawyer, High Court judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma (1948-1952), and President of Burma from 16 March 1952 to 13 March 1957. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. Ba U served as a judge under British, Japanese and Burmese rule. He wrote an autobiography, "U Ba, My Burma: The Autobiography of a President" (New York: Taplinger, 1958). It contains little in the way of a discussion of public issues.

Biography

He was born on May 26, 1887 at Pathein, Ayeyarwady Division. He was the son of U Poe Hla and Daw Nyunt. He passed university entry class from Ragoon Government High School. At 1907 he attended the University of Cambridge to study law. After graduation in 1912, he got Bachelor of Laws. He was employed as a lawyer in Yangon between 1913 to 1921. In 1921 he became a district judge. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma from 1948 to 1952. In 1947 he was awarded a knighthood by the British government.

In 1913 he married Daw Daw Nyein, daughter of retired district judge U Aung Zan, and they had two sons. Daw Daw Nyein died in 1922. In 1923 he married Daw Daw Aye, daughter of governor of U Soe Pe. With her he had three daughters and two sons. Daw Daw Aye died in 1941. He died on November 9, 1963.