She served as a member of parliament in the country's first post-independence government from 1947 to 1948, representing
Rangoon's
Lanmadaw Township, the constituency that her husband had won. In 1953, she was appointed as Burma's first Minister of Social Welfare. Khin Kyi served as the various posts including director of the Burma Women's Association from 1947–1953, chair of the Social Welfare Planning Commission from 1953–1958, chair of the Union of Burma Social Welfare Council, chair of Mother and Child Welfare, chair of the Child Welfare Council, chair of Health and Public Affairs Committee, chair of the Union of Burma Women's Associations Council, chair of the Association for the Advancement of Democracy, chief scout of the Burma Women's Scout Association, administrator of the Myanmar Ambulance Service, and vice-chair of Ramakrishna Missionary Hospital and Library. In 1953, following the death of her second oldest son, Aung San Lin, the family moved from their house on Tower Lane (now Bogyoke Museum Lane), near
Kandawgyi Lake, to a
colonial-era villa by the shores of
Inya Lake, on University Avenue Road. Their former house was converted to the
Bogyoke Aung San Museum in 1962. In 1960, Khin Kyi was appointed as Burma's Ambassador to India, and became the country's first woman to serve as the head of a diplomatic mission. ==Death==