Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung
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Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung |
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| ကင်းဝန်မင်းကြီး ဦးကောင်း | |
U Kaung at age 50.
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Burma | |
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Assumed office 1897 |
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| Leader | Frederick William Richard Fryer |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Leader |
King Mindon King Thibaw |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Prime Minister First Rank in Hluttaw | |
| Leader | King Thibaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Maung Chin 3 February 1822 Madaingbin village, Lower Chindwin District, Konbaung dynasty |
| Died | 30 June 1908 (aged 86) Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, British Burma |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Spouse(s) | Singyan Thakin Shwe Me |
| Children | 2 adopted sons |
| Parents | U Hmo and Daw Si |
| Alma mater | Bagaya Monastery, Inwa |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Awards | Companions of the Order of the Star of India |
Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung C.S.I. (Burmese: ကင်းဝန်မင်းကြီး ဦးကောင်း, also spelt U Gaung; 3 February 1822 – 30 June 1908) was a chief minister during the reigns of King Mindon and Thibaw, as well as a colonial civil servant. He attempted to westernise the Burmese kingdom's existing bureaucracy into a more democratic system. Because of such attempts to do so, he was accused by many to have allowed Britain to win the Third Anglo-Burmese War.
Kinwon Mingyi was born Maung Chin (မောင်ချင်း) on 3 February 1822 (Sunday, 12th waxing of Tabodwe 1183 ME) in Madaingbin village (in the Lower Chindwin district). His father U Hmo was a foot soldier in the Natshinywe Infantry Regiment. As was customary tradition, he was destined to follow the footsteps of his father. However, he escaped conscription by ordaining as a Buddhist monk and was given the Dharma name Āloka (အာလောက). He moved to Amarapura and lived at Bagaya Monastery, the monastery of the Bagaya Sayadaw, then the Supreme Patriarch of the Konbaung dynasty. He was also schooled at a college led by U Yanwe, who eventually became the chief minister of King Mindon with the title Pakan Mingyi. He disrobed and returned to the laity at the age of 25.
After the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1853, he joined the court service of King Mindon (who had deposed his half brother, King Tharrawaddy), who renamed him U Kaung (ဦးကောင်း, lit. "good", considered more favorable than his birth name Chin) and appointed him the Clerk of the Royal Treasury (ရွှေတိုက်စာရေး). In 1871, he was appointed minister of third rank (ဝန်ထောက်) at the Hluttaw, the national governing body and was responsible for the country's police and customs stations, where he earned his moniker Kinwun (lit. 'minister of the patrol stations').
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