Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate and Politician
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Burma engagement offers false hope...economic sanctions will be incentive enough for the regime to free political prisoners (most notably democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi) and ensure next year's elections are free and fair. The regime is known to be desperate to have... In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, United States, Democracy, Than Shwe, Best interests, Madeleine Albright, and Thein Sein |
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Myanmar's Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with junta
..."beneficial to the country." She does not specify what those might be. "The letter is very significant. It clearly shows Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's willingness to work with the government in the interest of the nation," said her National...
In this article: Myanmar, Nyan Win, Than Shwe, United States, Democracy, National League for Democracy, and Meio University
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks meeting with junta chief
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a letter to the head of the country's junta seeking a meeting to discuss how they can cooperate for the national interest, a spokesman for her party said...
In this article: Nyan Win, Myanmar, Than Shwe, United States, Democracy, National League for Democracy, Kurt Campbell, and State Department
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Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military. Obama delivered the strong message...
In this article: Barack Obama, Myanmar, Thein Sein, Democracy, United States, Robert Gibbs, White House, Southeast Asia, and Asean
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The Australian | 5 days ago
Release Aung San Suu Kyi: Obama
US President Barack Obama demanded the release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unprecedented encounter that put him at the same table as the Prime Minister of the pariah country's military government. His...
In this article: Barack Obama, Asean, Burma, US, Democracy, Coal, Climate change, Platinum, and Copper
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BBC News | 6 days ago
Obama urges Burma to free Suu Kyi
...Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged an appeal to be released US President Barack Obama has urged Burma's prime minister to release the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Obama delivered the message as he met leaders of the Asean...
In this article: Barack Obama, Burma, Asean, US, Democracy, Robert Gibbs, Supreme Court, and Association of South East Asian Nations
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APEC urges new growth model, climate pact progress
...Asian Nations, including military-ruled Myanmar. In the unusual face-to-face encounter, Obama told Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A joint statement issued after the summit - the...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Global warming, Myanmar, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Washington, Singapore, and China
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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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