Bao Youxiang
{{Short description|President of the Wa State}}
{{Hatnote|Log Pang is a Wa name; the family name is Pang. Tax is an honorific.}}
{{Hatnote|Bao Youxiang is a Chinese name of Wa origin; the family name Bao comes from the Wa clan Bang Bla. 'You' is a generation name. }}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Bao Youxiang
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|my|ပေါက်ယူချန်း}}
{{lang|zh-hans|鲍有祥}}
{{lang|prk|Tax Log Pang}}}}
| native_name_lang =
| image = Bao Youxiang UWSA chief.jpg
| office = President of the People's Government of the Wa State
| vicepresident = Xiao Minliang{{cite web |url=http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/a-united-wa-state-army-uwsa-delegation-led-by-vice-president-xiao-minliang-bao-youliang-and-zhao-guo-ang-left-panghsang-for-lashio-today/ |title=A United Wa State Army (UWSA) delegation led by Vice President Xiao Minliang, Bao Youliang and Zhao Guo-ang left Panghsang for Lashio today |work=Democracy for Burma |date=29 September 2011 |access-date=29 November 2014}} (Tax Ngox Khuat) (deceased in 2023{{Cite tweet|number=1719348957086966208|user=jason_tower79|title=Letters of condolences to the United Wa State Party / Army flow in marking the passing of Xiao Mingliang: The NUG MOD, NDAA, KIA, MNDAA, Lincang Friendship Association (China) and even from junta coup leader Min Aung Hlaing|first=Jason|last=Tower|date=Oct 31, 2023|access-date=Nov 15, 2023}})
Zhao Guo An
Lau Yaku{{cite news |script-title=zh:佤邦、掸邦东部第四特区及北掸邦第三特区三家友邻兄弟组织16日在邦康进行友好会谈 |language =zh | url = https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11×tamp=1705741257&ver=5029&signature=GCuG0JZkRCCzZND5ExOOYmL9k89gqnc7z*32eoS-2Q68fqeND4QJ9sK2Mam-El8QprUSfpSgtmtIAmfLjZtuKT17Fpq9nDqZzzy5FqF-0F2bJ-0OwvH*N9xbg9Xr*d-k&new=1 |author= voice of the FPNCC (FPNCC之声) |publisher=“FPNCC之声”微信公众号 |date=2022-09-17 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240120090916/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11×tamp=1705741257&ver=5029&signature=GCuG0JZkRCCzZND5ExOOYmL9k89gqnc7z%2A32eoS-2Q68fqeND4QJ9sK2Mam-El8QprUSfpSgtmtIAmfLjZtuKT17Fpq9nDqZzzy5FqF-0F2bJ-0OwvH%2AN9xbg9Xr%2Ad-k&new=1 |url-status=live |quote = 佤邦联合党中央政治局常委、佤邦政府副主席兼对外关系部部长赵国安，佤邦联合党中央政治局常委、佤邦政府副主席罗亚库 }}
| term_start = 1995
| term_end =
| successor =
| office1 = General Secretary of the United Wa State Party
| term_start1 = 1995
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Zhao Nyi-Lai
| office2 = General Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the United Wa State Party
| term_start2 = 1996
| predecessor2 = Zhao Nyi-Lai
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|09|19|df=y}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = United Wa State Party
| spouse =
| children = 10 daughters, 2 sons (including Bao Ai Kham{{Cite news|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-most-powerful-ethnic-army-reshuffles-leadership-what-does-it-mean.html|title=Myanmar's Most Powerful Ethnic Army Reshuffles Leadership: What Does it Mean?|date=31 August 2022|website=The Irrawaddy}})
| website =
| religion =
| allegiance = Wa State
| branch = {{flagicon image|United Wa State Army flag.png}} United Wa State Army
| serviceyears = {{Start date|1989}}–present
| rank = Commander in chief
| caption = Bao in 2017
}}
Bao Youxiang ({{zh|s=鲍有祥|t=鮑有祥|p=Bào Yǒuxiáng|w=Pao Yu-hsiang}}), also known by his Wa name Tax Log Pang (Chinese Wa: {{lang|prk|Dax Lōug Bang}}) and his Burmese name Pau Yu Chang ({{langx|my|ပေါက်ယူချန်း}} {{lang|my|Pauk Yu-hkyan}}), is the current president of Wa State people's government, general secretary of the United Wa State Party, and commander-in-chief of the United Wa State Army.{{cite magazine |first1=Andrew |last1=Marshal l|first2=Anthony |last2=Davis |title=Soldiers of Fortune |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2056076,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=6 December 2015}}
Early life
Bao Youxiang was born in 1949 to a Wa chieftain in Kunma, a Wa village near Gawng Lang in northern Shan State. Bao was the second youngest of eight brothers in his family and did not go further than his village during his childhood. When Bao was 21, he joined and eventually led a Wa guerrilla group that smuggled opium across the China–Myanmar border.
Military career
= Communist Party of Burma (1969–1989) =
Bao joined the armed wing of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) in 1969, and started out as a battalion commander for his home village of Kumna, but gradually became the leader of a brigade operating near the Myanmar–Thailand border. Like many Wa villagers in the area at the time, Bao saw the CPB as a source of modern weaponry, combat training, and friendship.
In 1989, the leadership of the CPB was challenged by several party members, resulting in an internal rebellion that ended with the disbandment of the armed wing of the CPB and the establishment of various new factions, including the United Wa State Army, which Bao would eventually lead.
=United Wa State Party/Army (1989–present)=
After the fall of the armed wing of the CPB, Bao joined the United Wa State Party (UWSP), and its armed wing, the United Wa State Army (UWSA). In 1995, Bao was elected general secretary of the UWSP and commander-in-chief of the UWSA, after Zhao Nyi-Lai, the first and preceding general secretary, suffered a stroke. In 2005, Bao's health deteriorated and Bao Youyi, his elder brother, replaced him.
Bao has been the de facto president of Wa State since 1995, an autonomous entity in northern Shan State that runs independently from Myanmar.{{cite web |url=http://www.shanland.org/politics/2006/News-08180406/ |title=Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) |access-date=2015-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013221841/http://www.shanland.org/politics/2006/News-08180406/ |archive-date=2013-10-13 |quote=""Officially, Bao Youxiang is still the President of the Wa State Government and Commander-in-Chief of the United Wa State Army," said a Thai security officer, a ten-year veteran on the Thai-Burma border"}} He has constantly urged the government of Myanmar to give more regional autonomy to ethnic minority groups in Myanmar, in exchange for permanent ceasefire and peace agreements with armed insurgent groups.{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/photos/bao-youxiang-leader-united-wa-state-army-seen-photo-161317349.html |title=Bao Youxiang, leader of the United Wa State Army, is seen during a meeting of leaders of Myanmar's ethnic armed groups at the UWSA headquarters in Pansang in Myanmar's northern Shan State |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208041806/http://news.yahoo.com/photos/bao-youxiang-leader-united-wa-state-army-seen-photo-161317349.html |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |work=Yahoo News}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- [https://jamestown.org/program/bao-youxiang-warlord-of-largest-pro-junta-ethnic-militia-in-myanmar-continues-to-run-wa-state-at-75/ Bao Youxiang: Warlord of Largest, Pro-Junta Ethnic Militia in Myanmar Continues to Run Wa State at 75]
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Category:People from Shan State