Ba Cho | |
Office: | Minister of Information |
Primeminister: | Aung San |
Term Start: | September 1946 |
Term End: | 19 July 1947 |
Predecessor: | New Office |
Office2: | President of Trade Union Congress (Burma) |
Term Start2: | November 1945 |
Term End2: | July 1947 |
Predecessor2: | New Office |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1893 |
Birth Place: | Myaungmya, British Burma |
Death Place: | Yangon, British Burma |
Resting Place: | Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar |
Party: | AFPFL |
Spouse: | Hla May |
Children: | Mya Mya |
Alma Mater: | University of Rangoon |
Profession: | journalist, publisher |
Ba Cho (Burmese: ဘချို, in Burmese pronounced as /ba̰ tɕʰò/; 24 April 1893 - 19 July 1947) was a Burmese newspaper publisher and politician who served as the Minister of Information in Myanmar's pre-independence government. Ba Cho and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon.[1] July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.
Ba Cho was also president of Trade Union Congress of Burma.[2]