In this Burmese name, Sao is an honorific, not a given name.
Sao Kya Seng စဝ်ကြာဆိုင်
ၸဝ်ႈၵျႃႇသႅင်
Sao Kya Seng and his family
Born
1924 (1924)
Hsipaw, Federated Shan States, British Burma
Disappeared
3 March 1962 (aged 37–38) near Taunggyi, Burma
Spouse
Inge Eberhard
Children
Sao Kennari Sao Mayari
Saopha of Hsipaw State
In office 1947–1959
Prime Minister
U Nu Ba Swe Ne Win
Minister of Shan State
Sao Hkun Hkio
Preceded by
Sao Ohn Kya
Succeeded by
position abolished
Member of Chamber of Nationalities
In office 1954–1962
Prime Minister
U Nu Ba Swe Ne Win
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
position abolished
Constituency
Hsipaw
Personal details
Political party
AFPFL Union Party
Alma mater
Colorado School of Mines
Profession
Mining engineer
Agriculturalist
Politician
Sao Kya Seng or Sao Kya Hseng (Burmese: စဝ်ကြာဆိုင်; Shan: ၸဝ်ႈၵျႃႇသႅင်; 1924 – disappeared 3 March 1962) was a politician, a mining engineer, an agriculturalist and the last Saopha of Hsipaw State, Myanmar, from 1947 to 1959.
SaoKyaSeng or SaoKya Hseng (Burmese: စဝ်ကြာဆိုင်; Shan: ၸဝ်ႈၵျႃႇသႅင်; 1924 – disappeared 3 March 1962) was a politician, a mining engineer, an agriculturalist...
autobiography written by Inge Sargent, the Austrian-born consort of SaoKyaSeng, the last saopha of Hsipaw. The film was directed by Sabine Derflinger...
Women's College. At a party for international students, Eberhard met SaoKyaSeng, an engineering student from Burma who attended the Colorado School of...
SaoKyaSeng was detained by authorities. His family vacated the palace premises in 1963, after 11 months of house arrest. In 1972, SaoKyaSeng's nephew...
married in 1994, was Sao Mayari Sargent, the daughter of the Austrian author Inge Sargent (née Eberhard), and her first husband SaoKyaSeng, last Saopha of...
born August 19, 1983) is a Thai actor. He is best known for his role as SaoKyaSeng in the 2015 american drama film, Twilight Over Burma (Thai: สิ้นแสงฉาน)...
Missile Command Craig Schurig, American football coach and former player SaoKyaSeng, politician, mining engineer, agriculturalist and the last Saopha of...
in what was generally described as a "bloodless" coup. Thibaw Sawbwa SaoKyaSeng[citation needed] also disappeared mysteriously after being stopped at...
was born in 1943 in Hsipaw Northern Shan State. He was the nephew of SaoKyaSeng, the last Saopha of Hsipaw who was arrested in 1962 after General Ne...
Nationalities League for Democracy was founded by Hkun Htun Oo, the nephew of SaoKyaSeng, the last Saopha of the Hsipaw State. The party was formally registered...
Zau La. Khun Kya Nu, a leader of the SSA and former Rangoon University student, is the son of one of the Shan delegates at Panglong, Kya Bu. Smith, Martin...
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