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. 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 has been in the grip of civil war since the army ousted the democratically elected Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a 2021 coup.

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They were also calling for the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader who was deposed in the coup and jailed.

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Sai's father is Lin Htut, the former chief minister of Myanmar's biggest state, Shan, and a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted National League for Democracy.

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The country's junta named Myint Swe acting president after it overthrew the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

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In 2011, it appeared to move away from this and free elections were held four years later, which Aung San Suu Kyi won.

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