Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
Prevented by the Military from ever taking office
Aung San Suu Kyi, President of Myanmar (Burma) General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Nobel Peace Laureate “Portrait of a Lady”, Foreign Affairs, January / February 2013
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the president of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since 2011, having been the General Secretary from 1988 to 2011. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.