Kayah State Government

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Kayah State Government
ကယားပြည်နယ်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့
Flag of Kayah State.svg
Flag of Kayah State
Government overview
Formed30 March 2010 (2010-03-30)
Headquarters Loikaw, Kayah State
19°40′31″N97°12′08″E / 19.675416°N 97.202306°E / 19.675416; 97.202306
Government executive
  • Chief Minister
Parent department Government of Myanmar
Website www.kayahstate.gov.mm

Kayah State Government is the cabinet of Kayah State. The cabinet is led by a chief minister. [1] [2] The Government Office is on the Kanthayawaddi Road.

Contents

Government Office Kayah State Government Otfice.jpg
Government Office
the government sub-office Kayah State Government Office.jpg
the government sub-office

Cabinet

April 2016–2021

No.NamePortfolio
(1) L Phaung Sho (2016-2020)Chief Minister
Boss Ko (2020-2021) (acting)
(2)Myint Wai, Col.Minister of Security and Border Affairs
(3)Khin Maung PhyuMinister of Road, Communication and Electricity
(4)Boss KoMinister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
(5)Aung Kyaw Htay, Dr.Minister of Municipal and Social Affairs
(6)T YalMinister of Natural Resources and Environment
(7)Maw MawMinister of Planning and Finance
(8)Hla Myo SweMinister of Bamar Ethnic Affairs
(9)Sai Kyaw ZanState Advocate
(10)Aung MaungState Auditor

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References

  1. "ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဦးစိုးသိန်းနှင့် ကယားပြည်နယ် ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်အဖြစ် ဦးဇော်မျိုးတင်တို့အား ခန့်အပ်".
  2. "ကယားပြည်နယ်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့ | Myanmar President Office". 2017-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)