Ministers' Building
| Secretariat Yangon | |
|---|---|
| Native name ဝန်ကြီးများရုံး (Burmese) | |
The Secretariat building in the early 1900s. Over the course of the building's later life the complex's grand cupola and 8 of 16 ornate towers on its left and right wings were destroyed during the Bago Earthquake. | |
| Location | Botataung, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar |
| Coordinates | 16°46′32″N 96°9′57″E / 16.77556°N 96.16583°E |
| Built | 1905 |
| Designated | 1996 |
The Ministers' Building (Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးများရုံး; also known as the Ministers' Office, today known as The Secretariat or Secretariat Yangon) was the administrative seat of British Burma, in downtown Yangon, Burma and is the spot where Aung San and eight cabinet ministers were assassinated. The British administration moved the office from Strand Road after administrative work increased greatly resulting in an urgent need to expand the cramped and poorly lit administration building.