May Oung

Burmese jurist and politician

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မေအောင်

Minister of Home Affairs of British BurmaIn office
1924^[1] – 5 June 1926Minister of High Court of British BurmaIn office
1922–1924 Personal detailsBorn(1880-01-06)6 January 1880
SittweDied5 June 1926(1926-06-05) (aged 46)
Maymyo, Burma, British IndiaNationalityBurmeseSpouseThein MyaChildrenTha Doe Oung
Tun Hla Oung
Mya SeinParent(s)Tha Do Phyu (father)
Hnaung Dway (mother)Alma materUniversity of CambridgeOccupationLegal scholar, Judge, Politician

May Oung (Burmese: မေအောင်, also spelt May Aung; 6 January 1880 - 5 June 1926) was a Burmese legal scholar, judge and politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs during the colonial era. He was known for his expertise in Burmese Buddhist law and one of the founders of the Young Men's Buddhist Association Burma.

May Oung was the first law professor at Yangon University.

Early life and education

May Oung was born on 6 January 1880 in Sittwe to parents Tha Do Phyu and Hnaung Dway, the second eldest of three sons. His parents died when May Oung was a child, so he was raised by his mother's brother, Hla Aung and his wife, Mya May, who sent him to India for his formative education. He studied law at the University of Cambridge from 1904 and 1907, and pursued an LLM at Cambridge in 1922.^[2]

Career

He was one of only two Burmese judges appointed to the High Court when it was established by the British administration in 1922.^[3]

References

^ Kyaw, Aye (2018). The Voice of Young Burma. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501719349.
^ Keck, Stephen L. (2015-10-06). British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918. Springer. ISBN 9781137364333.
^ Oung, Kin Thida (2007). A Twentieth Century Burmese Matriarch. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557102297.