Khin Maung Oo Explained

Khin Maung Oo
Office:Chief Minister of Kayah State
Term Start:1 August 2021
Term End:31 January 2022
Predecessor:Himself
Successor:Zaw Myo Tin
President:Myint Swe (acting)
1Blankname:Prime Minister
1Namedata:Min Aung Hlaing
Term Start1:30 March 2011
Term End1:30 March 2016
Predecessor1:Office Established
Successor1:L Phaung Sho
President1:Thein Sein
Order2:Chairman of Kayah State Administration Council
Term Start2:2 February 2021
Term End2:1 August 2021
Predecessor2:Office Established
Successor2:Himself
Order3:Member of Kayah State Hluttaw
Term Start3:2011
Term End3:30 March 2016
Predecessor3:Office Established
Constituency3:Bawlakhe Township (1)
Birth Place:Myanmar
Party:Kayah Democratic Party (since 2017)
Otherparty:Union Solidarity and Development Party (2010 - 2015)
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Khin Maung Oo (Burmese: ခင်မောင်ဦး; also known as Bu Reh) was the Chief Minister of Kayah State, Myanmar. He served as Chief Minister of Kayah State from 2011 to 2016 and August 2021 to January 2022 under Thein Sein and PM Min Aung Hlaing.[1] [2] He was appointed as the Chairman of Kayah State Administration Council, sub-council of State Administered Council, from February 2021 to 1 August 2021.

A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), he was elected to represent Bawlakhe Township Constituency No. 1 as a Kayah State Hluttaw representative in the 2010 Burmese general election.[3]

On 28 June 2015, he resigned from the USDP, along with the Kayah State ministers for transportation, electric power, industry, and Bamar ethnic affairs.[4] On 13 July 2015, the USDP released a statement that Khin Maung Oo had in fact been sacked for "disturbing party unity" and violating the party's policy for the 2015 Burmese general election.[4] The conflict was related to disagreements with the national headquarters of USDP regarding the permission for 2 government ministers, Aung Min and Soe Thein, to contest 'safe seats' in Kayah State for the elections.[5] The seats they had contested in the 2010 Burmese general election were now occupied by members of the National League for Democracy and were considered more challenging to win.[5]

Khin Maung Oo's father, Kyaw Din, was a former chairman of the Karenni State People's Council during the socialist era.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NOMINATIONS OF CHIEF MINISTERS FOR REGIONS AND STATES. 18 February 2011. Euro-Burma Office. 9 July 2015.
  2. News: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၈ / ၂၀၂၂.
  3. News: Karenni State MPs. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 9 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031901/http://www.altsean.org/Research/Parliament%20Watch/Legislative/Local%20Parliaments/MPs/Karenni%20State.php. dead.
  4. News: USDP chief and ministers resign in Kayah State. Wa Lone. 16 July 2015. Myanmar Times. 17 July 2015.
  5. News: USDP rejects requests for safe seats. Ei Ei Toe Lwin . 17 July 2015. Myanmar Times. 17 July 2015.
  6. News: ဒီမိုကရေစီ အစိုးရတွင်လည်း မဆလလူကြီးများ၏ သားသမီးများသာ ရာထူးကြီးများ ရယူထား. Zay Thu. 27 August 2014. Tomorrow. Burmese. 9 July 2015.