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Htang Gam Shawng

Kachin political and military leader

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Htang Gam Shawng was a military personnel.

Gunhtang Gam Shawng is a Kachin political and military leader. He is the chairman of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO). He previously served as the vice chairman of the KIO and the commander in chief of the KIA, and was succeeded in these roles by Hkawng Lum.

Gam Shawng almost never joins meetings with the Burmese authorities unless the Burmese top general also joins. Gam Shawng strongly opposes the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, which he uses as his foot rest in his office.

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Kachin political and military leader

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Htang Gam Shawng was a military personnel.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Htang Gam Shawng

· Wikidata: Q52879246

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