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

Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing is on his first visit to China since he ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

From BBC

President Xi Jinping had spent years cultivating ties with his resource-rich neighbour when the country’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was forced from power.

From BBC

Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces battle the country’s military rulers, who took power in 2021 after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Seattle Times

Once one of the most powerful figures in what is now Myanmar, Mr. Tin Oo founded the National League for Democracy, the country’s main opposition party, with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during a violent failed pro-democracy uprising in 1988.

From New York Times

“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would be deeply saddened to hear of his passing, as she has lost a trusted confidant,” Mr. Myint Oo said.

From New York Times