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Thakin Ba Thein Tin

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Thakin
Ba Thein Tin
ဗသိန်းတင်
Chairman of Communist Party of Burma
In office
1975–1989
Preceded byThakin Zin
Succeeded byYebaw Kyin Maung (secretary)
Personal details
Born1914
Tavoy, British Burma
Died1995 (1996) (aged 81)
Changsha, China
NationalityMyanmar
Political partyCommunist Party of Burma
Alma materRangoon University
Occupationpolitician

Thakin Ba Thein Tin (Burmese: သခင်ဗသိန်းတင်, 1914–1995) was a Burmese communist and the chairman of Communist Party of Burma (CPB) from 1975 to 1989.

Born in Tavoy, his father was a Chinese petty trader, his mother was a Burmese. In 1931, he passed the matriculation exam and attended Rangoon University. However, he was unable to further his studies because his debt-ridden father could not afford university fees.

Ba Thein Tin became a worker for the Dohbama Asiayone in 1938, and joint the CPB in the next year, he was one of the earliest CPB members. As the district party committee organizer in Tavoy, he fought against Japanese in 1945. He became a politburo member of CPB in the next year. In March 1948, he went underground with Thakin Than Tun. He was selected the vice chairman in 1950. In 1953, he left for China and resided there. Since mid-1960s he became the de facto leader of CPB. After the assassination of Thakin Zin [my], Ba Thein Tin was selected the chairman in May 1975, and continued fighting against Burma government.[1] However, he did not return from China until 1978.

In April 1989, a group of CPB mutineers raided the party headquarters in the border town of Panghsang.[2] Ba Thein Tin and many senior party members were deported to China. He died in Changsha, Hunan, in 1995.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Seekins, Donald M. (2006). History Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8108-5476-5.
  2. ^ Tha, Kyaw Pho (3 October 2013). "The Demise of a Once Powerful Communist Party—Now in Myanmar". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ Bertil Lintner (April 2015). Great Game East: India, China, and the Struggle for Asia's Most Volatile Frontier. Yale University Press. p. 291. ISBN 9780300213324.
Party political offices
Preceded by chairman of Communist Party of Burma
1975–1989
Succeeded byas secretary