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.
Sir Mark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston since a by-election in 2000. Hendrick was previously elected to the Lancashire Central constituency as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999.
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 the second 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.
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.
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.
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.
Andrew Montague is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2011 to 2012 and a Dublin City Councillor from 2004 to 2019.
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).
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).
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.
