Historical Figure
Aung San Suu Kyi
b. 1945
Burmese politician (born 1945)
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Birth
1945 June 19, 1945 →Biography
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and 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 transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s. She has been widely described as the de facto leader of Myanmar from 2016 to 2021. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
Timeline
National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
September 27 →National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
September 24 →The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
May 22 →Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
May 30 →Birmas Militärführung lässt die Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Aung San Suu Kyi erneut festnehmen.
May 31 →en Washington D. C. (Estados Unidos), el Gobierno otorga la Medalla de Honor Militar a la política birmana proestadounidense Aung San Suu Kyi (64), quien terminará fungiendo como «presidenta en la sombra» de su país. En 2015, no podrá asumir la presidencia del Gobierno a pesar de haber ganado las elecciones, puesto que la Constitución birmana prohíbe ocupar el puesto a quienes tengan hijos con pasaporte extranjero.
May 6 →Die jahrelang unter Hausarrest stehende myanmarische Oppositionspolitikerin Aung San Suu Kyi bricht zu ihrer ersten Auslandsreise seit 24 Jahren ins benachbarte Thailand auf.
May 29 →Mehr als 20 Jahre nach ihrer Auszeichnung mit dem Friedensnobelpreis holt die jahrelang unter Hausarrest stehende myanmarische Politikerin Aung San Suu Kyi ihre Rede im Osloer Rathaus nach.
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