Win (Burmese diplomat)
# Win (Burmese diplomat)

Maha Thray Sithu Win was a Burmese diplomat, politician and lawyer.

## Life

* From 1930 to 1942 he was Senior Master at the Education Department.
* From 1942 to 1944, during Japanese occupation, he was Deputy Director in charge of Labour.
* From 1945 to 1947 he was President, Trade Union Congress (Burma).
* In 1947 he was:
* Leader of the Burma Socialist Party and Member in the Constituent Assembly from the Lanmadaw Township Rangoon.
* Vice-President of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League.
* Member of Governor's Executive Council in charge of Industry and Labour,
* High Commissioner for Burma in India.
* From 1948 to 1950 he was Ambassador in New Delhi.
* On September 28, 1948 he was designated Minister for Education and Democratisation of Local Administration.
* On January 3, 1950 he was designated Minister for DLA (Democratisation of Local Administration), Public Health, Rehabilitation and Public Works.
* From September 14, 1950 to 1952 he was Minister for Defence, Home and Religious Affairs.
* On August 30, 1951 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from Yamethin South.
* On March 16, 1952 he was designated Minister for National Planning and Religious Affairs.
* On September 5, 1953 he was designated Minister for Union Culture.
* From December 5, 1955 to August 21, 1959 he was ambassador in Washington, D.C. and concurrently till 1957 Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations.
* Within the Headquarters of the United Nations he was chairman of the Asian-African Group.
* In August 1958 he was designated and on October 9, 1958 co-accredited as Myanmar Ambassador to Canada.
* In 1959 he became Member of the Executive Committee of the Clean AFPFL.
* In March 1960 he became Treasurer of the Union Party (Burma).
* On March 17, 1961 he resigned with entire Executive Committee of the Clean AFPFL.
