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.

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.

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. He served until the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

. He was detained by the military council after the military coup.

Later life and death

Ko died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 47 after he escaped from prison.ကယား ခေတ္တဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဘော့စ်ကို ကွယ်လွန်

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boss Ko 1974 births 2021 deaths Government ministers of Myanmar National League for Democracy politicians Region or state chief ministers of Myanmar People from Kayah State