Aung San Suu Kyi

[ oung-sahn-soo-kee ]

noun
  1. born 1945, Burmese opposition leader.

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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

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