Honours of Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi has received numerous honours and awards, including a Presidential Medal of Freedom, throughout her life for her peace and freedom activism in her homeland of Myanmar. However, since the start of the Rohingya genocide in 2016, many of these honours and awards have been revoked due to her perceived inaction to stop the crisis. [1]

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Currently held

Orders, decorations and medals

Foreign

Other distinctions

Scholastic

University Degrees
LocationDateSchoolDegree
Flag of England.svg England1967 St. Hugh's College, Oxford Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy, politics and economics
Flag of England.svg England1988 SOAS, University of London Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Burmese literature candidate
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector, and fellowships
LocationDateSchoolPosition
Flag of Japan.svg Japan1985 1986Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University Visiting scholar [3]
Flag of India.svg IndiaFebruary 1987 February 1989 Indian Institute of Advanced Study Fellow [8]
Flag of England.svg England1990  St Hugh's College, Oxford Honorary Fellow [9]
Flag of England.svg England1991 9 November 2017 LSE Students' Union Honorary President [10]
Flag of England.svg England2009  Liverpool John Moores University Honorary Fellow [11]
Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut2012 2013 Timothy Dwight College at Yale University Chubb Fellow [12]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan15 April 2013  Kyoto University Honorary Fellow [13]
Flag of England.svg England  St Antony's College, Oxford Honorary Fellow [14]

Honorary degrees

Honorary degrees
LocationDateSchoolDegreeStatus
Flag of Ontario.svg OntarioNovember 1993 University of Toronto Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [15]
Flag of Washington, D.C..svg District of ColumbiaJanuary 1997 American University Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [9]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic10 January 1997 Charles University Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [16]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia1997 University of Technology Sydney Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) [17]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa1997 University of Natal Doctor of Laws (LL.D)
Flag of England.svg England1998 University of Bath Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [18]
Flag of England.svg England1998 University of Bristol Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [19]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia1998 University of Melbourne Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [20]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand1999 Victoria University of Wellington Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [21]
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and LabradorMay 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [22]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Northern Ireland2009 Ulster University Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [23]
Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaOctober 2011 University of Johannesburg Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) [24]
Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland2012 Johns Hopkins University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [25]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong15 March 2012 University of Hong Kong Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [26]
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland18 June 2012 Trinity College Dublin Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [27]
Flag of England.svg England20 June 2012 University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) [28]
Flag of California.svg CaliforniaSeptember 2012 University of San Francisco Doctorate [29]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia27 November 2013 University of Sydney Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [30]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia30 November 2013 Monash University Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [31]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2013 Australian National University Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) [32]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan12 December 2015 National Chiao Tung University Doctorate [33]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan3 November 2016 Kyoto University Doctorate [34]

Memberships and fellowships

CountryDateOrganisationPosition
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland10 February 2015  Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Honorary Fellow [35]

Freedom of the City


Revoked or status otherwise withdrawn

Honorary citizenship

Distinctions of societies and associations

Honorary degrees

Memberships and fellowships

Freedoms of cities

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