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- ↑ "၂၀၁၅ ခုနှစ် အထွေထွေရွေးကောက်ပွဲ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး/ ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော် မဲဆန္ဒနယ် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲရလဒ်" (PDF) (in Burmese). Union Election Commission.
- 1 2 "Ayeyarwady parliament endorses new chief minister". The Myanmar Times. 19 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "ဧရာဝတီတိုင်း ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သစ် ဦးလှမိုးအောင်၏ ကိုယ်ရေးအကျဉ်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 18 January 2018.
- ↑ "The Performances of Ayeyarwady Region Chief Minister U Hla Moe Aung on September 16, 2018". Myanmar National Portal. 18 September 2018.
- 1 2 Hein Htoo Zan (30 December 2022). "Ayeyarwady Region's NLD Ministers Released". The Irrawaddy.
- ↑ "Myanmar Resistance Claims to Have Killed More Than 70 Junta Troops in Two Days". The Irrawaddy. 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Ayeyerwady Region government receives all 4 billion kyats owed to them". Mizzima . 4 June 2019.