Ko Htwe (Burmese: ကိုထွေး, pronounced [kò tʰwé]; 1929 – 19 July 1947) 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.

[5] 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.

He was born to Ko Ko Lay, an officer at the Department of Agriculture and his wife Min Yi in Mandalay.