Tin Tut

In this Burmese name, the given name is Tin Tut. There is no family name.

Tin Tut CBE
တင်ထွဋ်
Tin Tut in 1947
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 January 1948 – 16 August 1948
Prime Minister	U Nu
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kyaw Nyein
Minister of Finance
In office 28 September 1946 – 10 June 1947
Prime Minister	Aung San
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Thakin Mya
Minister of Finance
In office 19 July 1947 – 4 January 1948
Prime Minister	Aung San
Preceded by	Thakin Mya
Succeeded by	U Tin
Chancellor of University of Rangoon
In office 1939–1942
Personal details
Born	(1895-02-01)1 February 1895 Rangoon, British Burma
Died	18 September 1948(1948-09-18) (aged 53) Rangoon, Burma
Party	AFPFL
Relations	Htin Aung, Myint Thein and Kyaw Myint
Alma mater	University of Cambridge

Tin Tut, CBE (Burmese: တင်ထွဋ်, pronounced [tɪ̀ɰ̃ tʰʊʔ]; also spelt Tin Htut; 1 February 1895 – 18 September 1948) was the 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Burma, and the Minister of Finance in Aung San's pre-independence government.

Educated at Dulwich and Queens' College, Cambridge, Tin Tut was the first Burmese to become an Indian Civil Service officer. He was Prime Minister Aung San's deputy in the government. However, he was not present in the cabinet meeting on 19 July 1947. On that day, assassination that claimed the lives of Aung San and six other cabinet ministers occurred.

He was mortally wounded when a bomb exploded in his car on Sparks Street on 18 September 1948. He died shortly after in Rangoon General Hospital.

A close adviser of Aung San, he was instrumental in negotiations for Burma's independence including Panglong and Nu-Attlee agreements. Historian Thant Myint-U called him "the brightest Burmese officer of his generation".