Thakin Mya

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Thakin Mya
သခင်မြ
Minister of Home Affairs
In office September 1946 – 10 June 1947
Prime Minister	Aung San
Minister of Finance
In office 10 June 1947 – 19 July 1947
Prime Minister	Aung San
Preceded by	U Tin Tut
Succeeded by	U Tin Tut
Personal details
Born	(1897-10-07)7 October 1897 Htonbo, Pyay District, British Burma
Died	19 July 1947(1947-07-19) (aged 49) Yangon, British Burma
Resting place	Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar
Political party	AFPFL
Education	BSc, LLB
Alma mater	University of Rangoon
Profession	Lawyer

Thakin Mya (Burmese: သခင်မြ, pronounced [θəkʰɪ̀ɰ̃ mja̰]; 7 October 1897 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Home Affairs and in June 1947 transferred as Minister of Finance in Myanmar's pre-independence government.^[1] Mya and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon. He was unofficially considered as Deputy Prime Minister in Aung San 's Cabinet.^[2] July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.

The Thakin Mya Park in Yangon is named after Thakin Mya.^{[citation needed]}