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Aung San Suu Kyi was a contemporary burmese politician. Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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