Ye Myint
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| order = 1st Chief Minister of Mandalay Region
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| successor = Zaw Myint Maung
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| constituency2 = Pyinoolwin Township No. 2
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| party = Union Solidarity and Development Party
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| branch = Myanmar Army
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| rank = Lieutenant general
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| term_start = 30 March 2011
| term_end = 30 March 2016
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| term_end2 = 30 March 2016
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Ye Myint ({{langx|my|ရဲမြင့်}}) was the chief minister of Mandalay Region, Myanmar, from 2011 to 2016. He is a former lieutenant general in the Myanmar Army and former chief of Military Affairs Security.{{cite news|url=http://www.asean-cn.org/Item/1942.aspx|title=Myanmar region or state parliament agrees to assignment of respective regional chief ministers|date=14 February 2011|work=Xinhua|access-date=18 July 2015}}
A member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, he was elected to represent Pyinoolwin Township Constituency No. 2 as a Mandalay Region Hluttaw representative in the 2010 Burmese general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.altsean.org/Research/Parliament%20Watch/Legislative/Local%20Parliaments/MPs/Mandalay%20Division.php|title=Mandalay Division MPs|work=Alternative Asean Network on Burma|access-date=9 July 2015}}
Terrorist attack and fire
In January 2014, a convoy carrying Ye Myint and two other regional ministers was hit by a landmine explosion, at Naungcho, on the Mogok-Pyinoolwin highway, on the way back to Mandalay.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} On 19 April 2014, Ye Myint's Mandalay home caught fire, caused by an overheated surge protector connected to an air conditioning unit.{{cite news|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/fire-04242014133348.html|title=Divisional Chief Minister Charged With Negligence in Myanmar Fire|date=24 April 2014|work=RFA|access-date=18 July 2015}} On 22 April 2014, he was charged under Article 285 of the Myanmar Penal Code for negligence in a fire.
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