Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi,is a Burmese politician,diplomat,author,and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate 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.
The National League for Democracy is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victory in the 2015 general election but was overthrown in a military coup d'état in February 2021 following another landslide election victory in 2020.
Niamh Cosgrave is a former Fine Gael politician from Dublin,Ireland. She campaigned for victims of the Hepatitis C blood contamination scandal,and was the subject of a book on this. She was briefly a member of Seanad Éireann,the upper house of the Irish parliament,and,for several years,of Dublin City Council,which,in a very rare move,removed her for non-attendance. She later moved to France,where she survived a serious attack;she was subsequently the subject of a TV documentary.
Dermot Lacey is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is a member of Dublin City Council in Dublin,Ireland.
The Freedom of the City of Dublin is awarded by Dublin City Council after approving a person nominated by the Lord Mayor. Eighty-two people have been honoured under the current process introduced in 1876. Most honourees have made a contribution to the life of the city or of Ireland in general,including politicians,public servants,humanitarians,artists and entertainers;others were distinguished members of the Irish diaspora and foreign leaders,honoured visiting Dublin. Honourees sign the roll of freedmen in a ceremony at City Hall or the Mansion House and are presented with an illuminated scroll by the Lord Mayor.
Emer Anne Costello is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2012 to 2014,Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2009 to 2010 and a Dublin City Councillor for the North Inner City area from 2003 to 2012.
Kawmhu Township is a township of Yangon Region,Myanmar. It is located in the southwestern section of the Region. Kawhmu was one of the townships in Yangon Region most affected by Cyclone Nargis.
Oisín Quinn is an Irish judge,lawyer,and former politician who has served as a Judge of the High Court since July 2023. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2013 to 2014,having served as a member of Dublin City Council from 2004 to 2014.
General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015,with the National League for Democracy winning a supermajority of seats in the combined national parliament. Voting occurred in all constituencies,excluding seats appointed by the military,to select Members of Assembly to seats in both the upper house and the lower house of the Assembly of the Union,and State and Region Hluttaws. 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.
An election to all 63 seats on Dublin City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. The city of Dublin was divided into nine local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
An election to Dublin City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from thirteen local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Paul McAuliffe is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency since the 2020 general election. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2019 to 2020.
An election to all 63 seats on Dublin City Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into 11 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Hazel Chu is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a member of Dublin City Council since May 2019. She was elected Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the Irish Green Party in December 2019,and was succeeded by Senator Pauline O'Reilly in December 2021. She was the first Irish-born person of Chinese descent elected to political office on the island of Ireland. She served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2020 to 2021,and in doing so became the first person of Chinese ethnicity to be mayor of a European capital.
Patrick Costello is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency since the 2020 general election.
Rebecca Moynihan is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020.
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.
Alison Gilliland is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2021 to 2022.
In Myanmar's next general election,voters are expected to elect representatives to both the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw of the Assembly of the Union. The planned election would be the first after the 2021 military coup d'état. Though the military junta,the State Administration Council,initially promised to hold the election by August 2023,it has since indefinitely delayed the election in the face of increasing violence.
