Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate and Politician
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks meeting with junta chief...14 years. At a meeting with Asian leaders last week in Singapore, President Barack Obama told the gathering - Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein included - that the junta must free Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. At the same... In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nyan Win, Myanmar, Than Shwe, United States, Democracy, National League for Democracy, Kurt Campbell, and State Department |
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L.A. Times - Asia | November 05, 2009
U.S. officials meet with Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi
...and must be based on reciprocal and concrete efforts by the Burmese government." He also repeated the long-standing U.S. call for the release of Suu Kyi. The State Department did not release details of the talks with Suu Kyi. Members of...
In this article: Burma, U.S., Yangon, Washington, Democracy, State Department, United Nations, and Madeleine Albright
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
World Digest: U.S. reopens engagement with Burma
...capital, Naypyidaw, Tuesday morning for a two-day visit during which he will meet government officials, detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and representatives of the country's ethnic minorities His visit comes after a nine-month...
In this article: Radovan Karadzic, Plutonium, Amos Yadlin, Burma, London, State Department, and United States
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Reuters | November 11, 2009
Clinton urges Myanmar to begin planning 2010 vote
...progress in key areas." A U.S. State Department official said later that freeing Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, was one necessary step. "It would be an essential...
In this article: Hillary Clinton, Burma, Washington, United States, Democracy, Thomson Reuters, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, U.S. State Department, Singapore, and China
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Centre Daily Times | November 04, 2009
US officials meet Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
US officials meet Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi YANGON, Myanmar - A U.S. State Department official met Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition...
In this article: Burma, United States, Yangon, Washington, U.S. State Department, and National League for Democracy
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Seattle Times | November 04, 2009
US officials meet with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
...Kyi in Myanmar A U.S. State Department official met with Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-level talks between an American diplomat and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years. Assistant Secretary...
In this article: Burma, United States, Washington, U.S. State Department, Yangon, and National League for Democracy
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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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