Aung San Suu Kyi

[ oung sahn soo kee ]

noun

1. born 1945, Burmese opposition leader.

Aung San Suu Kyi

/ ˈaʊŋ ˈsæn ˈsuː ˈkiː /

noun

1. Aung San Suu Kyi1945FBurmesePOLITICS: politician born 1945, Burmese politician; cofounder (1988) and general secretary (1988–91; 1995– ) of the National League for Democracy: Nobel peace prize 1991; released (2010) from a lengthy house arrest; elected to the Burmese House of Representatives in 2012

Example Sentences

When Aung San Suu Kyi, who is Bamar, came to power following democratic elections in 2015, she pledged to prioritize peace with ethnic armed groups and advance a federal democracy.

From Time

In fact, protesting the Tatmadaw’s human rights abuses against the non-Bamar population became unpopular and controversial, especially if it meant taking a stand against Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Time

The leaderless movement began with calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the restoration of the civilian government led by her party, the National League for Democracy, which won a landslide general election last November.

From Time

Since coming into power in 2015, Aung San Suu Kyi had maintained a delicate peace with the military, which ruled Myanmar for decades before finally starting to ease its grip in 2010.

From Quartz

With the democratization of its institutions supposedly underway, and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the helm in the form of Aung San Suu Kyi, the world for many years assumed that Myanmar was on the path toward a liberal, more inclusive future.

From Time

He was a former bodyguard for Aung San Suu Kyi and a prominent freelance reporter.

From The Daily Beast

Aung San Suu Kyi has yet to make any public comment about the clashes.

From The Daily Beast

Although the violence was condemned around the world, Aung San Suu Kyi refused to back the Rohingyas.

From The Daily Beast

When Aung San Suu Kyi is president of the country, of course, she will be free to change all that.

From The Daily Beast

Then she flew to Rangoon to cover the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from 15 years of house arrest.

From The Daily Beast