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Ngwe Tar Yi was a Burmese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1974. She was the first female foreign minister in the world. Born in Rangoon, British Burma, Ngwe Tar Yi was educated at the University of Rangoon and the London School of Economics. She began her career in the Burmese diplomatic service in 1948, and served as the Burmese ambassador to the United Nations from 1959 to 1962. In 1962, Ngwe Tar Yi was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, becoming the first female foreign minister in the world. She held the position until 1974, when she was replaced by U Thant. During her tenure, she was instrumental in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Burma and the United States, and in the negotiations of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Burma and China. Ngwe Tar Yi was also a member of the Burmese delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1965 and 1966. She was awarded the Order of the Union of Burma in 1966. Ngwe Tar Yi died on 15 April, 2009 in Rangoon, Burma at the age of 84.

Popular As Daw Khin Yi
Occupation Writer · poet
Age 34 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 16 February 1925
Birthday 16 February
Birthplace Rangoon, British Burma
Date of death (1959-03-20)1959-03-20
Died Place N/A
Nationality Oman

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1960

She wrote four poetry books. The 100 Poems of Ngwe Tar Yi was published in 1960. She also won the Poetry Prize (now also called the National Literature Award).

1952

In 1952, she married Min Yu Wai , a writer (b) the education minister of Insein District, U Win Maung.

1944

In 1944, she published Minn Sayy Yay Pell Mhuan Thalarr and kabyaarshe Short Novel (မင်ဆေးရည်ပဲ မှုန်သလားနှင့် ကဗျာရှင်ဝတ္ထုတို) and in 1947, she published the Malala Myaing Poems Book. In 1948, she visited India. Ngwe, in partnership with her husband published a book of Yadanar poems in 1954. In the same year, she received the Literary Translation Award (now called the National Literature Award) for her book Kabarkyaw aehswat Stories (ကမ္ဘာကျော် အီစွတ်ပုံပြင်များ စာအုပ်) in conjunction with her husband Min Yu Wai.

1943

She began to write poetry when she was 15 years old. At 18 years of age in 1943, she began writing in the Tatthit Handbook, which was published by young people in the area of Tamwe. Then she published poetry and entered the literary world. Her mother died that same year.

1939

As a teenager she studied at Myoma high school for girls in Rangoon. At twelve years of age, she learned the poems of Zawgyi (writer) and Min Thu Wun. At fourteen years of age in 1939, she dropped out of school for medical reasons. After dropping out, she studied the ancient Burmese literature with Maung Thuta (Major Ba Thaung) and English literature with Mrs. Mannroo.

1925

Ngwe Tar Yi (Burmese: ငွေတာရီ, 16 February 1925 - 19 March 1959) was a Burmese woman poet and writer.

She was born in Rangoon (Yangon) on February 16, 1925 and given the birth name Daw Khin Yi. Her father was Biritsh U Nyunt and her mother was Daw Chit Tin. She was the third of five siblings.