Karenni National Progressive Party ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ | |
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Abbreviation | KNPP |
Chairman | Khu Oo Reh [1] |
Vice-Chairman | Abel Tweed |
Secretaries | Aung San Myint |
Founded | 1957[1] |
Headquarters | Nya Moe, Shadaw Township, Kayah State |
Armed wing | Karenni Army |
Ideology | Karenni nationalism |
National affiliation | National Unity Consultative Council |
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224
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Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440
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Party flag | |
The Karenni National Progressive Party ( Burmese: ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ; abbr. KNPP) is a Karenni political organisation in Kayah State, Myanmar (Burma). [1] Its armed wing, the Karenni Army, fought against government forces for an independent Karenni State from 1957 [1] until a ceasefire in 2012. [2] A similar ceasefire deal was signed in 1995, but it was dissolved within three months. [2] In 2021, KNPP became a member of the National Unity Consultative Council. [3]
Karenni National Progressive Party ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ | |
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Abbreviation | KNPP |
Chairman | Khu Oo Reh [1] |
Vice-Chairman | Abel Tweed |
Secretaries | Aung San Myint |
Founded | 1957[1] |
Headquarters | Nya Moe, Shadaw Township, Kayah State |
Armed wing | Karenni Army |
Ideology | Karenni nationalism |
National affiliation | National Unity Consultative Council |
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224
|
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440
|
Party flag | |
The Karenni National Progressive Party ( Burmese: ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ; abbr. KNPP) is a Karenni political organisation in Kayah State, Myanmar (Burma). [1] Its armed wing, the Karenni Army, fought against government forces for an independent Karenni State from 1957 [1] until a ceasefire in 2012. [2] A similar ceasefire deal was signed in 1995, but it was dissolved within three months. [2] In 2021, KNPP became a member of the National Unity Consultative Council. [3]