FILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, Aung San Suu Kyi, left, Myanmar's foreign minister, walks with senior General Min Aung Hlaing, right, Myanmar military's commander-in-chief, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar military television said Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Suu Kyi had been detained. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
The youngest daughter of Aung San, Father of the Nation of
modern-day Myanmar, and Khin Kyi, Aung San Suu
Kyi was born in Rangoon, British Burma.
After graduating from the University of Delhi in
1964 and the University of Oxford in
1968, she worked at the United Nations for three years. She married Michael Aris in 1972, with whom she had
two children.
Aung San Suu Kyi rose to prominence in the 8888 Uprising of 8 August 1988 and became
the General Secretary of the NLD, which she had newly formed with the help of
several retired army officials who criticized the military junta. In the 1990
elections, NLD won 81% of the seats in Parliament, but the results
were nullified, as the military government (the State
Peace and Development Council – SPDC) refused to hand over
power, resulting in an international outcry. She had been detained before the
elections and remained under house arrest for almost 15 of the 21
years from 1989 to 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.
In 1999, Time Magazine named
her one of the "Children of Gandhi" and his spiritual heir to nonviolence.
Her party boycotted the 2010
elections, resulting in a decisive victory for the
military-backed Union
Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Aung San Suu Kyi
became a Pyithu Hluttaw MP while
her party won 43 of the 45 vacant seats in the 2012 by-elections.
In the 2015
elections, her party won a landslide victory, taking 86% of the seats in
the Assembly of the Union –
well more than the 67% supermajority needed to ensure that its
preferred candidates were elected President and Second Vice
President in the Presidential
Electoral College. Although she was prohibited from becoming the
President due to a clause in the constitution –
her late husband and children are foreign citizens – she assumed the newly
created role of State
Counsellor of Myanmar, a role akin to a Prime Minister or
a head of government.
When she ascended to the office of State Counsellor, Aung San
Suu Kyi drew criticism from several countries, organisations and figures over
Myanmar's inaction in response to the genocide of the Rohingya people in Rakhine State and refusal to accept that
Myanmar's military has committed massacres. Under her leadership, Myanmar
also drew criticism for prosecutions of journalists. In 2019, Aung San Suu
Kyi appeared in the International
Court of Justice where she defended the Burmese
military against allegations of genocide against the Rohingya.
On 1 February 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested by the military during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état after they declared the November 2020 Myanmar general election results fraudulent. (Wikipedia).
Myanmar’s de facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government officials were detained in military raids on Sunday, according to a party spokesperson.
Suu Kyi’s ruling party won a majority of the parliamentary seats — 396 out of 476 seats up for grabs — in November’s election, according to the Associated Press.
The military disputed the results, claiming election fraud — allegations the state Union Election Commission rejected.
The military announced on Monday that it was transferring power to Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and he would take control of the country for one year.
UN, the United States and other European countries criticized the Burmese military party and asked to free Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected officials immediately.
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Myanmar’s de facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government officials were detained in military raids on Sunday, according to a party spokesperson.
A coup d'etat: Suu Kyi’s ruling party won a majority of the parliamentary seats — 396 out of 476 seats up for grabs — in November’s election, according to the Associated Press.
The military disputed the results, claiming election fraud — allegations the state Union Election Commission rejected.
The military announced on Monday that it was transferring power to Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and he would take control of the country for one year.
In addition to politicians, human rights defenders, journalists and activists were also detained, according to the U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
Television signals, except for military-owned Myawaddy TV, were reportedly cut throughout Myanmar, as well as phone and internet connection in the capital Naypyitaw. Passenger flights were also grounded.
Grave concern: The coup was condemned by the UN and several countries, including the U.S., Australia and Singapore, Reuters reported.
“We call on Burmese military leaders to release all government officials and civil society leaders and respect the will of the people of Burma as expressed in democratic elections on Nov. 8,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
Suu Kyi has received heavy criticism in recent years due to allegations of genocide against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya population.
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