Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate and Politician
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Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before pollTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. The comments came a few... In this article: Burma, Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Tokyo, Washington, Fiscal year, and China |
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TIME | 1 day ago
U.S.-Burma Relations: American Diplomats Visit Suu Kyi
Not-So-Great Expectations for U.S. Diplomats in Burma By Robert Horn / Bangkok Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 Aung San Suu Kyi, second from left, talks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell following their meeting at a hotel in...
In this article: Burma, U.S., Than Shwe, Democracy, Rangoon, and Thein Sein
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Myanmar election needs Suu Kyi involvement, U.S. says
..."very hard" for next year's elections in Myanmar to be legitimate without the involvement of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a senior United States official said on Thursday . Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, returning...
In this article: Burma, United States, Bangkok, Washington, National League for Democracy, and Tin Oo
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Independent.co.uk - World | 3 days ago
Suu Kyi comes out of detention to meet senior US diplomat
Hotel talks with Obama's envoy bring smiles and hopes of political change Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with the US Assistant Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, left Smiling and joking with photographers granted a rare opportunity...
In this article: US, Burma, National League for Democracy, Meio University, and US State Department
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Reuters | 3 days ago
U.S. delegation holds talks with Myanmar's Suu Kyi
By Aung Hla Tun A top U.S. official held rare talks with Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Wednesday as part of Washington's highest-level visit to the isolated army-ruled country in 14 years. The Nobel Peace...
In this article: United States, Burma, Washington, Yangon, and Democracy
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AP Online | 3 days ago
US officials visit isolated Myanmar, meet Suu Kyi
...of State Kurt Campbell spoke after both talks with the ruling generals and a rare meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been under house arrest for most of the last two decades.
In this article: Burma, United States, Thein Sein, Washington, U.N., Democracy, and National League for Democracy
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Top US officials meet Myanmar junta, Suu Kyi
...democracy, a senior American diplomat said Wednesday after holding the highest-level talks with the junta and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 14 years. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said he explained Washington's new...
In this article: Burma, U.S., Washington, State Department, Thein Sein, Yangon, and Democracy
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Huffington Post | 3 days ago
Kurt Campbell, Aung San Suu Kyi Meet In Burma: A First In 14 Years
Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Kurt Campbell, Kurt Campbell Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Richard Mei, Scot Marciel, Suu Kyi Campbell, Us Officials Myanmar, World News YANGON, Myanmar - The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia met with detained...
In this article: Burma, U.S., Yangon, Washington, and National League for Democracy
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Times Online | 3 days ago
Aung San Suu Kyi allowed out of house arrest to meet US delegation
Navigation - link to other main sections from here Aung San Suu Kyi allowed out of house arrest to meet US delegation Times Online Pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi was briefly released from her house arrest in Burma today to...
In this article: US, Burma, National League for Democracy, and State Department
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Guardian Unlimited | 3 days ago
Suu Kyi leaves house for US meeting
...I smile?" she asked. "Hello to you all," she added, before being driven away. The meeting was the first time for years that Aung San Suu Kyi, whose detention will prevent her from taking part in national elections planned for next year, had...
In this article: US, Kurt Campbell, Burma, Democracy, Barack Obama, Rangoon, and Washington
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AP Online | 7 days ago
Myanmar's Suu Kyi supports US policy of engagement
...in September in New York with senior Myanmar officials, the first such high-level contact in nearly a decade. "We told Daw Aung San Suu Kyi about the visit of the U.S. officials and she is aware of the visit," said Suu Kyi's party spokesman...
In this article: Burma, United States, Nyan Win, Yangon, Democracy, National League for Democracy, Foreign Affairs, and Washington
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Aung San Suu Kyi AC (Burmese File:AungSanSuuKyi1.png; MLCTS=aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: /àunsʰánsṵtʃì/), born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is an opposition politician and general secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma (Myanmar). Aung San Suu Kyi was the third child in her family. Her name is derived from three relatives; "Aung San" from her father, "Kyi" from her mother and "Suu" from her grandmother. Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. She is still under detention in Myanmar, and has been for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. In the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, which won 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. Her subsequent detention by the military junta prevented her from assuming office.
She is frequently called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Daw is not part of her name, but is an honorific similar to madam for older, revered women, literally meaning "aunt". Strictly speaking, she has no surname, but it is acceptable to refer to her as "Ms. Suu Kyi" or Dr. Suu Kyi, since those syllables serve to distinguish her from her father, General Aung San, who is considered to be the father of modern-day Burma.
- Birth Date:
- June 19, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Rangoon, Myanmar
- Religion:
- Theravadin Buddhist
- Residence:
- Rangoon
- Occupation:
- Prime Minister-elect
- Known for:
- Leader of the National League for Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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