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

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of Kachin State, the head of the Kachin State Government, since March 2016. 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

2015 Myanmar general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015, with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by the ...

, but became an NLD member in 2015. He ran for

Kachin State Hluttaw Kachin State Hluttaw ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ် လွှတ်တော်) is the legislature of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma). It is a unicameral body, consisting of 53 members, including 40 elected members and 13 military re ...

in the November 2015 election, winning a seat in

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of t ...

. 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

Union Solidarity and Development Party The Union Solidarity and Development Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is a political party in Myanmar, registered on ...

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 people of Kachin descent {{Burma-politician-stub