# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/u-saw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:22.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/u-saw"
name: "U Saw"
slug: "u-saw"
description: "U Saw, also known as Galon U Saw, was a leading Burmese politician who served as Prime Minister of British Burma during the colonial era before the Second World War. He is also known for his role in the assassination of Burma's national hero Aung San and other independence leaders in July 1947, only months before Burma gained independence from Britain in January 1948. He and five others were executed by hanging for the assassination."
tagline: "Burmese politician (1900–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prime_Minister_U_Saw_1941.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900"
deathDate: "1948-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.47
  momentum:             16.27450980392157
  historical:           7.47398
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B4%E7%B4%A0"
    title: "吴素"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw"
    title: "U Saw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw"
    title: "U Saw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw"
    title: "U Saw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%82%AA"
    title: "ウー・ソオ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%A0%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%85%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC"
    title: "ဂဠုန်ဦးစော"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw"
    title: "U Saw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Saw"
    title: "U Saw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2566406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump