Boss Ko Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Boss Ko
Order:2nd Chief Minister of Kayah State
Term Start:3 September 2020
Term End:1 February 2021
Predecessor:L Phaung Sho
Successor:Khin Maung Oo
Appointer:Win Myint
Cabinet:Kayah State Government
Office1:Member of the Kayah State Hluttaw
Constituency1:Demoso Township Constituency № 2
Term Start1:30 March 2016
Office2:Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation for Kayah State
President2:Htin Kyaw
Win Myint
Term Start2:7 April 2016
Party:National League for Democracy
Birth Date:14 October 1974
Birth Place:Puphar village, Demoso, Kayah State, Myanmar
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Lu Siya
Termend1:1 February 2021
Termend2:1 February 2021

Boss Ko (14 October 1974 – 24 December 2021) was a Burmese politician who served as acting Chief Minister of Kayah State, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation for Kayah State and Kayah State Parliament MP for Demoso Township Constituency No. 2.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Boss Ko was born on 14 October 1974 in Puphar village, Demoso, Kayah State, Myanm to parents U Thung and Mushi. He finished high school in Loikaw.[3]

Political career

He was a member of the National League for Democracy Party. In the 2015 Myanmar general election, he contested the Demoso Township constituency No. 2 for Kayah State Parliament and won a seat. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation for Kayah State on 7 April 2016, and acting Chief Minister on 3 September 2020 by President Win Myint, after chief minister L Phaung Sho was relieved from post.[4] [5] He served until the 1 February 2021 military coup d'état in Myanmar. He was detained by the military council after the coup.

Later life and death

Ko died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 47 after he escaped from prison.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: ကယားပြည်နယ် စိုက်ပျိုးမွေးမြူရေးဝန်ကြီး ဦးဘော့စ်ကို ကို ခတ္တဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ်ခန့်အပ် . DVB . 3 September 2020 . my.
  2. Web site: Members of Region and State Government Cabinet Ministry Of Information . www.moi.gov.mm.
  3. Web site: ဦးဘော့စ်ကို . Kayah State Hluttaw . my-MM . 26 May 2020 . 5 February 2021 . 3 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903114646/http://kayahstate.hluttaw.mm/my_MM/%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%98%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF/ . dead .
  4. News: Kayah state's chief minister relieved from post . . 4 September 2020.
  5. News: President of Burma Fires Kayah State Chief Minister . Burma News International . 5 September 2020 . en.
  6. http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/507630 ကယား ခေတ္တဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဘော့စ်ကို ကွယ်လွန်