Boss Ko
His Excellency Boss Ko | |
|---|---|
| ဘော့စ်ကို | |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Kayah State Acting | |
| In office 3 September 2020 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Win Myint |
| Preceded by | L Phaung Sho |
| Succeeded by | Khin Maung Oo |
| Member of the Kayah State Hluttaw | |
| In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Constituency | Demoso Township Constituency № 2 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation for Kayah State | |
| In office 7 April 2016 – 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Htin Kyaw Win Myint |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1974 Puphar village, Demoso, Kayah State, Myanmar |
| Died | 24 December 2021 (aged 47) |
| Political party | National League for Democracy |
| Spouse | Lu Siya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Cabinet | Kayah State Government |
Boss Ko (14 October 1974 – 24 December 2021) was a Burmese politician who served as acting
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.[6]
Later life and death
Ko died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 47 after he escaped from prison.[6]
References
- ^ "ကယားပြည်နယ် စိုက်ပျိုးမွေးမြူရေးဝန်ကြီး ဦးဘော့စ်ကို ကို ခတ္တဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ်ခန့်အပ်". DVB (in Burmese). 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Members of Region and State Government Cabinet | Ministry Of Information". www.moi.gov.mm.
- ^ "ဦးဘော့စ်ကို" (in Burmese). Kayah State Hluttaw. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- Mizzima. 4 September 2020.
- ^ "President of Burma Fires Kayah State Chief Minister". Burma News International. 5 September 2020.
- ^ a b ကယား ခေတ္တဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဘော့စ်ကို ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)