Ye Htut
| Ye Htut | |
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| Minister of Information of Myanmar | |
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In office 1 August 2014 – 30 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Aung Kyi |
| Succeeded by | Pe Myint |
| Spokesperson for the President | |
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In office February 2013 – 30 March 2016 |
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| Deputy Minister of Information of Myanmar | |
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In office 31 August 2012 – 1 August 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Soe Win |
| Deputy Director General/Director General at the Ministry of Information | |
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In office 2005 – 31 August 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Tint Swe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Myanmar |
| Political party | Union Solidarity and Development Party |
| Spouse(s) | Khin Sandar Tun |
| Residence | Naypyidaw |
| Occupation | Army Officer |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Website | www |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Myanmar |
| Service/branch | Myanmar Army |
| Years of service | 1977-2005 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Ye Htut (Burmese: ရဲထွဋ်, [jɛ́ tʰʊʔ]) was the Minister for the Ministry of Information of Myanmar (Burma) from 2014 to 2016 and spokesperson for the President from 2013 to 2016. He previously served as a Lieutenant Colonel in Myanmar Army.
Ye Htut applied to Defence Services Academy but initially rejected, so enrolled at Rangoon University. He applied again and accepted for the academy’s 22nd intake in 1977. After graduation in 1981, he was dispatched to Kayin State, where he would spend five years fighting the Karen National Union along the Myanmar-Thai border.
Over the next 16 years, he served in Tanintharyi Region, Kayin State, Kachin State and near Naypyidaw, before landing as the chief instructor at a training facility in southern Shan State in 2002. He also contributed articles for the army’s Myawady news journal.
He was retired as a lieutenant colonel in Myanmar Army and took up the post of deputy director general at the Department of Information and Public Relations under the Ministry of Information in 2005. He was promoted as the director general of the department in 2009, which has been viewed as a propaganda machine for the military government.
He became deputy minister for the Ministry of Information in August 2012 when the former minister Kyaw Hsan and deputy ministers were reshuffled to other ministries. He became spokesperson for the President in February 2013.
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