Khet Aung (; born 1946) is a Burmese politician. He has served as

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Kachin State Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...

, the head of the

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, from March 2016 to February 2021. An ethnic Kachin, he worked as a dentist before entering politics.

Political career

Khet Aung was not a member of any political party prior to the

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, but became an NLD member in 2015. He ran for Kachin State Hluttaw in the November

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, winning a seat in

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; Jingpho language, Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ; , ''Sèna'') is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese language, Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina i ...

. In the wake of the

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on 1 February, Khet Aung was detained by the

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Personal life

Salai is an ethnic Kachin and practicing

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. He has two sons and two daughters. Khet Aung's brother, Khet Htein Nan, is a well-known Kachin politician and former upper house MP. Khet Htein Nan is a member of the rival

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and lost in the 2015 election.

References

1946 births Living people National League for Democracy politicians Government ministers of Myanmar People from Myitkyina Burmese Baptists Burmese Kachin people {{Burma-politician-stub