Aung San Suu Kyi

Her Excellency Aung San Suu Kyi
အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်
1st State Counsellor of Myanmar
In office 6 April 2016 – 1 February 2021
President	Htin Kyaw Win Myint
Preceded by	Thein Sein (Prime Minister, 2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021
President	Htin Kyaw Win Myint
Deputy	Kyaw Tin
Preceded by	Wunna Maung Lwin
Minister of the President's Office
In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021
President	Htin Kyaw Win Myint
Preceded by	Aung Min Hla Tun Soe Maung Soe Thein Thein Nyunt
President of the National League for Democracy
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 November 2011
Preceded by	Aung Shwe
Leader of the Opposition
In office 2 May 2012 – 29 January 2016
President	Thein Sein
Preceded by	Sai Hla Kyaw
General Secretary of the National League for Democracy
In office 27 September 1988 – 18 November 2011
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Burmese House of Representatives for Kawhmu
In office 2 May 2012 – 30 March 2016
Preceded by	Soe Tint
Succeeded by	Vacant
Majority	46,73 (71.38%)
Personal details
Born	(1945-06-19) 19 June 1945 (age 79) Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon)
Political party	National League for Democracy
Spouse(s)	Michael Aris ​ ​ (m. 1972; died 1999)​ Preview warning: Template:Marriage used with unknown parameter(s): ().
Children	2, including Alex
Parents	Aung San (Father) Khin Kyi (Mother)
Residence	54 University Avenue
Alma mater	University of Delhi St Hugh's College, Oxford University of London
Awards	Rafto Prize Sakharov Prize Nobel Peace Prize Jawaharlal Nehru Award International Simón Bolívar Prize Olof Palme Prize Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace Congressional Gold Medal
Signature
Website	Party website
Aung San Suu Kyi's voice from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 27 January 2013[1]

Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945 in Yangon, Burma) is a human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and State Counsellor of Myanmar.

Suu Kyi was not able to be president. Instead, she became the State Counsellor of Myanmar.^[2] She brought some democracy to her country with nonviolence. She is the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma and a famous prisoner. She has been under house arrest several times. Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize in 1990, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992, she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru peace prize.

She is sometimes called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Daw is not part of her name, but a title for older women. This name shows respect for her.^[3] She is called Amay Suu by the people, meaning Mother Suu.

On 1 February 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested and removed from power by the military during a coup d'état. The military thought the government changed the results of the November 2020 Myanmar general election.^[4] On February 3, Suu Kyi was accused of breaking Myanmar's import laws.^[5] On February 16, Myanmar police filed a second criminal charge against her, this time for breaking the country's Natural Disaster Law.^[6] There were more charges and in December 2022 she was sentenced to 33 years in prison, later reduced to 27 years.^[7]

1. ↑ "Aung San Suu Kyi". Desert Island Discs. 27 January 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
2. ↑ "World Book". www.worldbookonline.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ↑ "Myanmar Family Roles and Social Relationships". Government of Myanmar. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
4. ↑ "Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'detained by military', NLD party says". BBC News. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
5. ↑ "Myanmar coup: Detained Aung San Suu Kyi faces charges". BBC News. 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
6. ↑ "Myanmar police file additional charge against Aung San Suu Kyi: lawyer". Reuters. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
7. ↑ "Suu Kyi's secretive Myanmar trials end with 7 more years of jail". Reuters. 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.