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This article lists the presidents of Myanmar (also known as Burma) since the Burmese Declaration of Independence in 1948.
The president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် သမ္မတ; MLCTS: nuing ngam tau samma.ta.) is the head of state and constitutional head of government of Myanmar. [2]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi[a] (born 19 June 1945), sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi, [4] is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and pro-democracy activist who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
Ms Suu Kyi spent nearly 15 years in detention between 1989 and 2010. Her personal struggle to bring democracy to then military-ruled Myanmar (also known as Burma) - made her an international...
Aung San Suu Kyi (born June 19, 1945, Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, Myanmar]) is a politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, daughter of Aung San (a martyred national hero of independent Burma) and Khin Kyi (a prominent Burmese diplomat), and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991.
General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s military junta, became the country’s interim president on Monday after figurehead leader Myint Swe was placed on medical leave, state media...
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But her international reputation suffered severely following an army crackdown on the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. Former supporters accused her...
Myanmar’s ousted president and the capital’s mayor were convicted, too. Civil disobedience continues despite a brutal crackdown. The general behind the coup is Aung San Suu Kyi’s longtime rival.
Myanmar’s ousted democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty Monday of charges including incitement and sentenced to four years in prison, a source with direct...
Aung San Suu Kyi spent nearly 15 years in detention at the hands of the military between 1989 and 2010, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to bring democracy to Myanmar.