Ministers' Building

Secretariat Yangon
Native name
ဝန်ကြီးများရုံး
The Secretariat building in the early 1900s. Over the course of the building's later life the complex's grand cupola and 8 of 16 ornate towers on its left and right wings were destroyed during the Bago Earthquake.
LocationBotataung, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Coordinates16°46′32″N 96°9′57″E / 16.77556°N 96.16583°E / 16.77556; 96.16583
Built1905
Designated1996
Ministers' Building is located in Myanmar
Ministers' Building
Location of Secretariat Yangon in Myanmar
Building in 2016

The Ministers' Building (Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးများရုံး; also known as the Ministers' Office, today known as The Secretariat or Secretariat Yangon) was the administrative seat of British Burma, in downtown Yangon, Burma and is the spot where Aung San and eight cabinet ministers were assassinated. The British administration moved the office from Strand Road after administrative work increased greatly resulting in an urgent need to expand the cramped and poorly lit administration building.[1]

  1. ^ "Rise of the Secretariat Yangon – The Secretariat". Retrieved 2020-01-16.