Aung San Suu Kyi
About Aung San Suu Kyi
The Burmese leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her nonviolent struggle for democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest. Her party won elections in 2015, and she became State Counsellor, effectively the leader of Myanmar. Her global reputation was shattered by her defense of the militarys persecution of Rohingya Muslims in 2017. A military coup in 2021 overthrew her government. She was imprisoned and sentenced to long prison terms on various charges. Her fall from global icon to controversial figure demonstrates the complexity of political leadership.
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