Saw Tun (minister)

{{Short description|Burmese military officer and general}}

{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Saw Tun}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific_prefix = His Excellency
Major General

|name = Saw Tun

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|native_name_lang = my

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|office = Minister for Construction of Myanmar

|term_start = 17 June 1995

|term_end = 2009

|minister =

|predecessor = Khin Maung Yin

|successor = Khin Maung Myint

|birth_date =

|birth_place = Kyaukse, British Burma

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|nationality = Burmese

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|parents =

|spouse = Myint Myint Ko

|occupation = Military general, Union Minister

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|allegiance = {{flag|Myanmar}}

|branch = Myanmar Army

|serviceyears = –1995

|rank = 20px Major General

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Major General Saw Tun ({{langx|my|စောထွန်း}}) is a Burmese military officer and retired major general in the Myanmar Army.{{cite web |title=Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, Brussels |url=http://www.embassyofmyanmar.be/ABOUT/government.htm |website=www.embassyofmyanmar.be}} He has served as Minister for Construction of Myanmar from 17 June 1995 to 2009.{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Barry |title=The Statesman's yearbook: the politics, cultures and economies of the world : 2008 |date=2007 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781349740246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&q=minister+of+construction+saw+tun+saw+tun&pg=PA890 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Four more bridges to link Yangon with other areas |url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM1997-11-20-text.pdf |work=New Light of Myanmar |date=20 November 1997}} Saw Tun was one of the longest serving ministers in the first cabinet of Than Shwe.{{cn|date=September 2023}}