U Aung Kham Hti ( my, အောင်ခမ်းထီ) is a
Burmese politician and former monk. He was the Chairman of the
Pa-O National Organisation
The Pa-O National Organisation ( my, ပအိုဝ်း အမျိုးသား အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) is a Pa-O political party in Myanmar (Burma). Its armed wing, the Pa-O National Army, has between 400 and 700 active person ...
(PNO), which he re-organised in 1976. Its military wing, known as the Pa-O National Army was also headed by him. On 11 April 1991, the PNO, under his leadership, agreed a ceasefire with the ruling
State Law and Order Restoration Council
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. The PNO was granted a number of business concessions and control over some territory in the southwest
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
, which later became known as the Shan State (South) Special Region-6. Presently, he is a co-chairman of the
Union Solidarity and Development Association, Shan State (South) branch. In April 2022, after 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 ves ...
, Aung Kham Hti was awarded the title of
Wunna Kyawhtin.
See also
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Pa-O people
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, image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg
, caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State
, population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.)
, popplace = Myanmar, Thailand
, rels ...
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Internal conflict in Myanmar
Insurgencies have been ongoing in Myanmar since 1948, the year the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with several ethnic armed groups fighting Myanmar's ...
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Pa-O National Organisation politicians
People from Shan State
Burmese monks
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