U Ba U KBE (1887 - 1963) was a lawyer, High Court judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma (1948-1952), and President of Burma from 16 March 1952 to 13 March 1957. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. Ba U served as a judge under British, Japanese and Burmese rule. He wrote an autobiography, "U Ba, My Burma: The Autobiography of a President" (New York: Taplinger, 1958). It contains little in the way of a discussion of public issues. Wikipedia
