Khin Kyi
| Khin Kyi | |
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| ခင်ကြည် | |
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| Burmese Ambassador to India | |
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In office 1960–1967 |
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| 1st Minister of Social Welfare | |
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In office 1953–1960 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| MP of the Pyithu Hluttaw | |
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In office 1947–1948 |
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| Constituency | Lanmadaw Township |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 April 1912 Myaungmya, Irrawaddy Province, British Burma |
| Died |
27 December 1988 (aged 76) Rangoon, Burma |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Kandawmin Garden Mausolea, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Spouse(s) | Aung San (m. 1942; d. 1947) |
| Relations | Pho Hnyin (father) Phwa Su (mother) |
| Children |
Aung San Oo Aung San Lin Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Alma mater | Teachers' Training College Kemmendine Girls School |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Politician |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Maha Thiri Thudhamma Khin Kyi (1912-1988) (Burmese: ခင်ကြည်) was a Burmese politician and diplomat, best known for her marriage to the country's leader, Aung San, with whom she had four children, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
She grew up in Myaungmya, an Irrawaddy delta town, the eighth of 10 brothers and sisters. Khin Kyi attended the American Baptist Mission-run Kemmendine Girls School (now Basic Education High School No. 1 Kyimyindaing) in Rangoon, and continued her tertiary education at the Teachers' Training College (TTC) in Moulmein. She then went on to become a teacher at the National School in her hometown, before deciding to give it up altogether to join the nursing profession against her mother's wishes, following the footsteps of her two elder sisters, who were at the time, training to become nurses. Khin Kyi moved to Rangoon and joined the staff of the Rangoon General Hospital as a nursing probationer.
Khin Kyi first met Aung San in 1942, when he was recovering from injuries sustained during the Burma Campaign, at the Rangoon General Hospital, where she served as a senior nurse. The couple wed in September of that year.
She served as a member of parliament in the country's first post-independence government from 1947 to 1948, representing Rangoon's Lanmadaw Township, the constituency that her husband had won. In 1953, she was appointed as Burma's first Minister of Social Welfare.
In 1953, following the death of her second oldest son, Aung San Lin, the family moved from their house on Tower Lane (now Bogyoke Museum Lane), near Kandawgyi Lake, to a colonial-era villa by the shores of Inya Lake, on University Avenue Road. Their former house was converted to the Bogyoke Aung San Museum in 1962.
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