Mr Maran Brang Seng
Born in 1930 in Hpakan, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma); educated in Kachin Baptist School, Myitkyina; entered Rangoon University in 1952 and obtained a BA and a BEd in 1955. Burma's delegate to the YMCA to Singapore in 1957; headmaster of Myitkyina Baptist school 1957-60 and its principle 1961-63. Went underground with Kachin Independence Organization in 1963. Led the first Kachin rebel delegation to China in 1967. Chairman of KIO since 1975. Made peace with the Communist Party of Burma in 1976 and led the delegation of National Democratic Front to the CPB's Panghsang headquarters in March 1986. Left Kachin State in late 1986 to travel abroad. Become vice chairman of Democratic Alliance of Burma on 18 November 1988 and was attached to its headquarter at Manerplaw on the Thai-Burma border until KIO made peace with Rangoon in April 1993. Suffered a stroke on 21 October 1993 in Kunming, Yunnan, died on August 8, 1994.
| Chronology of Peace-talks |
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| 1st Talk:1980 (Shammed) |
| 2nd Talk:1986 (Shammed) |
| 3rd Talk:1988 (Interrupted by the Democracy Movement). |
| 4th Talk:1994 (Cease-fire agreement was signed, it has been 13 years). |
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