![]() ![]() He graduated from International School Bangkok in 1983. From 1971 to 1980, he studied at Riverdale Country School, a private college-preparatory day school in Bronx. He grew up in Riverdale, Bronx at the home of his maternal grandfather, the then-Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant. Thant Myint-U was born in New York City to Burmese parents. He founded the Yangon Heritage Trust in 2012 to protect colonial architecture and lobby for urban planning in the Burmese commercial capital of Yangon. ![]() He has authored five books, including The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma and Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. Thant Myint-U ( Burmese: သန့်မြင့်ဦး born 31 January 1966) is an American-born Burmese historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, and former special adviser to the president for the peace process. ![]() Nitze School of Advanced International Studies ![]()
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