Myat Ko Explained

Myat Ko
Honorific-Prefix:H.E
U
Native Name Lang:my
Order:5th Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region
Appointer:Min Aung Hlaing
Termstart:1 August 2021
Predecessor:Myint Maung
Order2:2nd Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region
Appointer2:President of Myanmar
Predecessor2:Khin Zaw
President2:Thein Sein
Successor2:Lae Lae Maw
Order3:Taninthayi Region Minister of Finance
Predecessor3:Office established
Party:Union Solidarity and Development Party
Birth Place:Burma
Mawards:is not set -->
Term Start3:2011
Order4:Representative of Taninthayi Region Hluttaw
Term Start4:2011
Predecessor4:Office established
Constituency4:Dawei Township No. 2
Awards:is not set -->

Myat Ko (Burmese: မြတ်ကို) is the Chief Minister of Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar. He also served as Chief Minister of the region from 2012 to 2016.

A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, he was elected to represent Dawei Township Constituency No. 2 as a Taninthayi Region Hluttaw representative in the 2010 Burmese general election.[1] [2] Previously serving as the region's Minister of Finance, he was appointed by President Thein Sein to Chief Minister on 27 January 2012.[3] He replaced Khin Zaw, who had resigned as Chief Minister on 6 January 2012, citing health problems.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tenasserim Division MPs. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 9 July 2015.
  2. News: USDP sweeps speaker posts in local assemblies. 1 February 2011. Mizzima. 9 July 2015.
  3. News: DEMOCRACY CHRONOLOGY - 2012. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 17 July 2015.
  4. News: MP U Khin Zaw, former Chief Minister resigns. 20 August 2013. Mizzima. 17 July 2015.