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Ye Htut (politician, born 1942)

Burmese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ56257227 ↗
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Ye Htut (Burmese: ရဲထွဋ်; born 20 March 1942) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Sagaing Region No. 5 constituency. He is a member of the National League for Democracy.

Early life and education

Ye Htut was born on 20 March 1942 in Yangon, Myanmar. He graduated with B.Ecom from Yangon Institute of Economics. He is also a writer.

Political career

He is a member of the National League for Democracy. In the 2015 Myanmar general election, he was elected as an Amyotha Hluttaw member of parliament, winning a majority of 227437 votes and elected representative from Sagaing Region No. 5 parliamentary constituency.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q56257227. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ye Htut (politician, born 1942)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.