Aung San Suu Kyi[a] (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.

Mar 7, 2025 · Aung San Suu Kyi (born June 19, 1945, Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, Myanmar]) is a politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, daughter of Aung San (a martyred national hero of independent Burma) and Khin Kyi (a prominent Burmese diplomat), and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991.

Dec 6, 2021 · In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while still under house arrest, and hailed as "an outstanding example of the power of the powerless". In 2015, she led her...

The Burmese Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of the legendary liberation movement leader Aung San. Following studies abroad, she returned home in 1988. From then on, she led the opposition to the military junta that had ruled Burma since 1962.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights"

Apr 2, 2014 · Aung San Suu Kyi is the state counsellor of Myanmar and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace. (1945-) Who Is Aung San Suu Kyi? Born in Yangon, Myanmar, in 1945, Aung San Suu Kyi spent...

Dec 30, 2022 · A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country's former democratically-elected leader...

Dec 19, 2018 · Aung San Suu Kyi was once a global hero. Today, her reputation is sullied. What happened? She won a Nobel Peace Prize for her defiance of Myanmar’s military junta. She emerged from years of...

Feb 1, 2016 · Even though Aung San Suu Kyi is barred by an army-drafted constitution from taking the presidency, she holds the office of state counsellor and acts as a leadership figure for Myanmar. Suu Kyi has long been an international symbol of peaceful resistance, after spending 15 years under house arrest.

Mar 10, 2025 · A Rohingya refugee watches a live feed of Aung San Suu Kyi's appearance at the UN's International Court of Justice in the Hague from a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar in December 2019 (AFP via Getty ...