Aung San Suu Kyi,sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi,is a Burmese politician who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.
Myanmar operates de jure as a unitary assembly-independent presidential republic under its 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021,Myanmar's military took over the government in a coup,causing ongoing anti-coup protests.
The National League for Democracy is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar. It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victory in the 2015 general election but was overthrown in a coup d'état in February 2021 following another landslide election victory in 2020.
The 8888 Uprising,also known as the People Power Uprising and the 1988 Uprising,was a series of nationwide protests,marches,and riots in Burma that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology.
Paw Oo Tun,better known by his alias Min Ko Naing,is a leading democracy activist and dissident from Myanmar. He has spent most of the years since 1988 imprisoned by the state for his opposition activities. The New York Times has described him as Burma's "most influential opposition figure after Daw Aung San Suu Kyi".
Insein Prison is located in Yangon Division,near Yangon (Rangoon),the old capital of Myanmar. From 1988 to 2011 it was run by the military junta of Myanmar,named the State Law and Order Restoration Council from 1988 to 2003 and the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) from 2003 to 2011,and was used largely to repress political dissidents.
General elections were held in Myanmar on 7 November 2010,in accordance with the new constitution,which was approved in a referendum held in May 2008. The election date was announced by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) on 13 August.
Khun Htun Oo was a chairman of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and a politician who was imprisoned in 2005 for treason,defamation,and inciting dissatisfaction with the Burmese government. His sentence was protested by numerous Western governments and the human rights group Amnesty International,which named him a prisoner of conscience.
Nilar Thein is a Burmese democracy activist and political prisoner imprisoned from 2008 to 2012 at Thayet prison in Burma's Magway Region. Amnesty International considered her a prisoner of conscience.
Htay Kywe is a repeatedly-imprisoned Burmese pro-democracy activist who was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. BBC News describes him as a key member of the 8888 Generation movement.
The 2011–2015 Myanmar political reforms were a series of political,economic and administrative reforms in Myanmar undertaken by the military-backed government. These reforms include the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and subsequent dialogues with her,establishment of the National Human Rights Commission,general amnesties of more than 200 political prisoners,institution of new labour laws that allow labour unions and strikes,relaxation of press censorship,and regulations of currency practices. As a consequence of the reforms,ASEAN has approved Myanmar's bid for the chairmanship in 2014. United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Myanmar on 1 December 2011,to encourage further progress;it was the first visit by a Secretary of State in more than fifty years. United States President Barack Obama visited one year later,becoming the first US president to visit the country.
Myint Aye is a Burmese democracy activist. In 2002,he co-founded the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network in Burma. After several imprisonments on charges related to his activism,on 29 November 2008,he was given a life sentence for allegedly planning a bomb attack in Yangon's Shwepyitha Township. Amnesty International described the evidence against him as "fabricated" and designated him a prisoner of conscience. He was released from prison on 19 November 2012,as a gesture of goodwill before a visit by US President Barack Obama.
Win Myint is a Burmese politician who served as the tenth president of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021 where he was removed from office in the 2021 coup d'état. He was the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as a member of parliament in the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2018. Win Myint was viewed as an important ally of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. As Suu Kyi was the de facto leader of the country,Win Myint was seen as a puppet of her.
Ko Ko Gyi is a Burmese politician and leading democracy activist. For his protests against the military government,he spent over 17 years in prison on multiple occasions between 1989 and 2012. He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. BBC News describes him as a key member of the 8888 Generation movement. He is one of the country's most prominent activists,second only to Min Ko Naing.
Aye Tha Aung is a Burmese politician,former political prisoner and former Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw,the upper house of the Myanmar parliament. In the 2015 election,he contested and won the Rakhine State №6 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house.
Pyone Cho;born Htay Win Aung;born 2 April 1966),whose name means "sweet smile" in Burmese,is an activist and former political prisoner,who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives for Dawbon Township in Yangon,from 2015 to 2021. He was elected as a Regional Parliamentary Member for Dawbon Township for Yangon Division in the 2020 elections,but was unable to serve due to the military coup of 2021. He is an internationally recognized human rights activist,as well as a former student organizer and leader of the 8888 Uprising in Myanmar.
General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2020. Voting occurred in all constituencies,excluding seats appointed by or reserved for the military,to elect members to both the upper house —the Amyotha Hluttaw and the lower house —the Pyithu Hluttaw of the Assembly of the Union,as well as State and Regional Hluttaws (legislatures). Ethnic Affairs Ministers were also elected by their designated electorates on the same day,although only select ethnic minorities in particular states and regions were entitled to vote for them. A total of 1,171 national,state,and regional seats were contested in the election,with polling having taken place in all townships,including areas considered conflict zones and self-administered regions.
Events in the year 2022 in Myanmar.
This is the list of important events happened in Myanmar in 2023.
Operation 1111 is an ongoing military operation in Myanmar launched by Karenni Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) including the Karenni Army (KA),Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) and Karenni National People's Liberation Front (KNPLF). The operation was launched concurrently with Operation 1107,with the goal to capture Kayah State's capital city of Loikaw.
