Gauri Zau Seng

Gauri Zau Seng

Born in 1942 in Myitkyina. Science student at Rangoon University in the early 1960s; active in Kachin Student movement. Went underground in 1964 with the Kachin Independence Army. Succeeded Zau Tu as commander of the KIA’s 2^nd Brigade (western Kachin State) in 1975. Became member of the central committee of the Kachin Independence Organization 1977. Led a Kachin delegation to the Thai border in 1983, the first time since the assassination of Zau Seng, Zau Tu and Phungshwi Zau Seng in 1975. Become vice chairman of the National Democratic Front in July 1991. The main Kachin representative in Thailand since 1983. Became leading member and policy maker of the Kachin Independence Organization after 2001 coup de tate. He became a vice president of KIO after reshuffling some senior leaders due to the possible coup attempt in its headquarter in January 2004.