Sao Nang Hearn Kham

Mahadevi Sao Nang Hearn Kham
စောဝ်နန်းဟိန်ခမ်
Mahadevi Sao Nang Hearn Kham in London at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth in 1947.
Queen consort of Yawnghwe
ReignSeptember 1936 – 2 March 1962
Born26 May 1916
Hsenwi, North Hsenwi
Died17 January 2003 (aged 86)
Canada
SpouseSao Shwe Thaik
IssueHso Khan Pha
Hso Lern Fa
DynastyNorth Hsenwi
FatherHkun Hsang Ton Hong
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
First Lady of Myanmar
In office
January 4, 1948 (1948-01-04) – March 12, 1952 (1952-03-12)
Appointed byPresident of Myanmar
PresidentSao Shwe Thaik
Prime MinisterU Nu
Preceded byOffice Started
Succeeded byMya May

Sao Nang Hearn Kham (Burmese: စောဝ်နန်းဟိန်ခမ်; 26 May 1916 – 17 January 2003) was the Mahadevi of Yawnghwe one of the most important Shan States. Her husband Sao Shwe Thaik was the 23d and last Saopha of Yawnghwe and became the first President of Burma and she became the first First Lady of Myanmar.

She is an important figure in Shan history and was known as "Rebel Queen" being the leader of the Shan State War Council. Sao Nang Hearn Kham was the only woman in history of Burma to have held both the position of queen consort and first lady.[1]

  1. ^ "သမ္မတရဲ့ မဟာဒေဝီ ထူထောင်တဲ့ လက်နက်ကိုင်တပ်ဖွဲ့". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-12-06.