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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's…
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politics · Burmese politician (born 1945) · politician · writer · human rights defender · foreign minister · also Aung San Suu Kyi, aung hcan: cu. krany, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Suu, Amay Suu, Dr. Suu Kyi
Born 19 June 1945 · Q36740
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“We wish to learn from everybody who has achieved a transition to democracy, and also... our great strong point is that, because we are so far behind everybody else, we can also learn which mistakes we should avoid.”
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“We have many, many lessons to learn from various places, not just the Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Indonesia”
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“If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in Myanmar is your silence, the price is surely too steep... It is incongruous for a symbol of righteousness to lead such a country.”
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ucanews.com: Aung San Suu Kyi, proof of life and 20,000 political prisoners
Legal Service India: 🕊️ Aung San Suu Kyi’s Future: Will She Return to Myanmar Politics?
Firstpost: The Lady still matters: Myanmar just can’t move beyond Aung San Suu Kyi yet
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Associated Press: Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN's call to free Aung San Suu Kyi and questions the need for an envoy
Modern Ghana: What does Aung San Suu Kyi’s proof of life mean to Myanmar? | Meanwhile in Asia
The Straits Times: Myanmar rejects ASEAN envoy, Aung San Suu Kyi release
Eagle-Tribune: Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN's call to free Aung San Suu Kyi and questions the need for an envoy - Eagle-Tribune
Infobae: Birmania deplora los llamamientos de la ASEAN para liberar a la Nobel de la Paz Aung San Suu Kyi
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aung San Suu Kyi | Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts
DW.com: Aung San Suu Kyi's son on the latest images of his mother
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aung San Suu Kyi - Burmese Politician, Nobel Laureate, Activist
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aung San Suu Kyi - Burmese Activist, Nobel Laureate, Democracy
Modern Ghana: Why did Aung San Suu Kyi fall from grace? | Meanwhile in Asia
Modern Ghana: Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to DW about rare new pictures of her | DW News
India Today: Myanmar rejects ASEAN call for Aung San Suu Kyi's unconditional release
democrata.es: The junta of Myanmar rejects the demands of ASEAN to release Aung San Suu Kyi
Demócrata: La junta de Birmania rechaza las exigencias de la ASEAN para liberar a Aung San Suu Kyi
Manila Bulletin: ASEAN pushes regular access to Aung San Suu Kyi, reiterates call for unconditional release
eng.mizzima.com: ASEAN chair calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release after ICRC meeting
The Straits Times: US and ASEAN chair reiterate calls for Myanmar to release Aung San Suu Kyi
Bernama: ASEAN Chair Renews Call For Aung San Suu Kyi's Release
ASEAN Main Portal: ASEAN Chair’s Statement on the Meeting of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with a Delegate from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Reuters: U.S. and ASEAN chair call for unconditional release of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Public attention spiked: 11,829 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.1× the usual 1,466, with 10 article edits. Coverage that week: “Myanmar Junta Allows Aung San Suu Kyi Rare Contact With an Outsider” (The New York Times).
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Leaked CCTV footage of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting China's foreign minister.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Recent video of Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer saying she is in good health.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Myanmar junta photo of Aung San Suu Kyi is old, according to Google AI” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Recent photo of Aung San Suu Kyi” False.
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“imprisonment after being found guilty on four corruption charges, bringing her overall sentence to 17 years in prison. In September 2022, she was convicted of election fraud and breaching the state”
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Image shows detained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a prison cell” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Myanmar’s army arresting Aung San Suu Kyi?” Misleading.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photos show Aung San Suu Kyi as a young woman?” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “[Hoax circulates online that Aung San Suu Kyi plagiarised a historic Russian poem]” 1.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been recognised by 43 countries as "mother of the world".” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Facebook posts claim that it shows Myanmar actor Ko Pauk urging people to vote for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the upcoming general elections in Myanmar.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video claims that it shows Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivering a speech about the upcoming 2020 general election.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Facebook will automatically delete accounts that post critical comments on the profile of Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi” False.
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Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in the International Court of Justice where she defended the Myanmar military against allegations of genocide against the Rohingya people
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Won Congressional Gold Medal (2017).
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Critics called for Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Prize to be revoked, citing her silence over the genocide of Rohingya people in Myanmar
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Awarded Humanitarian of the Year (2016).
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Career landmark: Minister of Education (Myanmar) (2016–2016).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) (2016–2021).
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Career landmark: Minister of the President's Office (2016).
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Aung San Suu Kyi was accused of failing to protect Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims during the Rohingya genocide
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Career landmark: State Counsellor of Myanmar (2016–2021).
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Career landmark: Minister of Electric Power (Myanmar) (2016–2016).
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Election won: 2015 general election.
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Campaign: 2015 general election.
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Was listed as the 61st-most-powerful woman in the world by Forbes
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Won Silver Medal of the President of the Senate (2013).
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Won Giuseppe Motta Medal (2013).
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Career landmark: surgical operation.
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Awarded Václav Havel Prize (2012).
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Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2012).
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Told reporters she did not know if the Rohingya could be regarded as Burmese citizens
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“s website that she wanted to run for the presidency in Myanmar”
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Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford
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Aung San Suu Kyi set up the charity Daw Khin Kyi Foundation to improve health, education and living standards in underdeveloped parts of Myanmar
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Citing her failure "to condemn and stop the military's brutal campaign" against Rohingya Muslims
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Awarded Chatham House Prize (2011).
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Won Wallenberg Medal (2011).
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Aung San Suu Kyi was named the Guest Director of the 45th Brighton Festival
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Aung San Suu Kyi was given an honorary doctorate from the University of Johannesburg
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Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on 13 November 2010.
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Awarded Ambassador of Conscience Award presented by Amnesty International (2009).
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Awarded Catalonia International Prize (2008).
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Has promised more Japanese foreign aid to encourage Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi in time for the elections; and to continue moving towards democracy and the rule of law
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At the time, she was under house arrest and was unable to receive the medal
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On 2 May 2008, after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi's dilapidated lakeside bungalow lost its roof and electricity, while the cyclone also left entire villages in the Irrawaddy delta submerged.
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Bars her from the presidency because she is the widow and mother of foreigners—provisions that appeared to be written specifically to prevent her from being eligible
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Awarded honorary Canadian citizenship (2007).
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"I do not hold to nonviolence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons
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By a member of her family to help secure Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest
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Ibrahim Gambari, UN Undersecretary-General (USG) of Department of Political Affairs, met with Aung San Suu Kyi, the first visit by a foreign official since 2004
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Awarded Olof Palme Prize (2005).
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The single "Unplayed Piano", in support of the Free Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday Campaign that was happening at the time
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For promoting peace and democracy in Burma
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The Freedom Forum recognised Aung San Suu Kyi's efforts to promote democracy peacefully with the Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the Year Award, in which she was presented over satellite because she was under house arrest
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Career landmark: hysterectomy.
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Awarded UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize (2002).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Bill Clinton (2000).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington (1999).
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Time magazine named her one of the "Children of Gandhi" and his spiritual heir to nonviolence
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When Italian journalist Maurizio Giuliano, after photographing her, was stopped by customs officials who confiscated all his films and tapes and some notes
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Aris was diagnosed with prostate cancer that was later found to be terminal
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In recognition of her "long struggle for democracy", was to be withdrawn following evidence emerging from the United Nations which meant that she was "no longer worthy of the honour"
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Awarded Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (1996).
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Awarded Freedom Award (1995).
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Aris's visit on Christmas 1995 was the last time that he and Aung San Suu Kyi met, as she remained in Burma and the Burmese dictatorship denied him any further entry visas.
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Aung San Suu Kyi delivered the keynote address at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1994).
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Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1993).
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Awarded International Simón Bolívar Prize (1992).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1991).
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Awarded Sakharov Prize (1990).
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Awarded Rafto Prize (1990).
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Campaign: 1990 general election and Nobel Peace Prize.
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And the Nobel Peace Prize one year later
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The military junta called a general election, in which the NLD received 59% of the votes, guaranteeing NLD 80% of the parliament seats
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And was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023
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In 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi returned to Burma to tend for her ailing mother.
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Aung San Suu Kyi returned to Burma to tend for her ailing mother
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Its longtime military leader and head of the ruling party, General Ne Win, stepped down
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Studied at SOAS, University of London (1987).
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Between 1985 and 1987, Aung San Suu Kyi was working toward a Master of Philosophy degree in Burmese literature as a research student at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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Career landmark: childbirth.
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On 1 January 1972, Aung San Suu Kyi and Aris, a scholar of Tibetan culture and literature living in Bhutan, were married.
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Studied at St Hugh's College, bachelor's degree (1964–1967).
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Suu Kyi continued her education at St Hugh's College, Oxford, obtaining a BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1967, with third-class honours that was promoted per tradition to an MA degree in 1968.
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With third-class honours that was promoted per tradition to an MA degree in 1968
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Studied at Lady Shri Ram College for Women (1960–1964).
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She studied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi, and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, a constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, with a degree in politics in 1964.
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And St Hugh's College, Oxford, in 1968, she worked at the United Nations for three years
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And Aung San Suu Kyi followed her there
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She was appointed Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960, and Aung San Suu Kyi followed her there.
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Born 1945-06-19.
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Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945 in Rangoon (Yangon), British Burma.
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