Ko Htwe

In this Burmese name, the given name is Htwe. There is no family name.

In this Burmese name, Yebaw is an honorific, not a given name.

In this Burmese name, Ko is an honorific, not a given name.

Htwe (Burmese: ထွေး, pronounced [tʰwé]; 1929 – 19 July 1947), known honorifically as Yebaw Ko Htwe, was a Burmese security officer who was killed in the assassination of Burmese pre-independence government leaders on 19 July 1947.^[1][2][3][4] He was a bodyguard of U Razak, the Minister for Ministry of Education and National Planning. Ko Htwe was the lone non-office holder who was killed. Seven cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) and a deputy minister were killed in their meeting room at the Secretariat compound in downtown Yangon.^[5] 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Yebaw Ko Htwe
ကိုထွေး
Born	Mg Htwe 1929 (1929) Mandalay, British Burma
Died	19 July 1947(1947-07-19) (aged 17–18) Rangoon, British Burma
Nationality	Burmese
Known for	U Razak's bodyguard and Martyr of Burma
Parent(s)	Ko Ko Lay (father) Min Yi (mother)

Htwe was only 18 at his death. He was born to Ko Ko Lay, an officer at the Department of Agriculture and his wife Min Yi in Mandalay.^{[5][13][14][15]}