He served as Chief Minister of Kayah State from 2011 to 2016 and August 2021 to January 2022 under Thein Sein and PM Min Aung Hlaing.
[3] On 28 June 2015, he resigned from the USDP, along with the Kayah State ministers for transportation, electric power, industry, and Bamar ethnic affairs.
[4] The conflict was related to disagreements with the national headquarters of USDP regarding the permission for 2 government ministers, Aung Min and Soe Thein, to contest 'safe seats' in Kayah State for the elections.
[5] The seats they had contested in the 2010 Burmese general election were now occupied by members of the National League for Democracy and were considered more challenging to win.
[5] Khin Maung Oo's father, Kyaw Din, was a former chairman of the Karenni State People's Council during the socialist era.