When did Aung San Ki was first elected in Mynmar?

Answer 1

According to Wikipedia, her party won the 1990 elections, but the military leaders nullified the results. Had they not nullified them, she would have been Prime Minister in 1990. Since then, she has been in and out of house arrest and prison. She is still under house arrest has the government has extended her sentence for another year.

Answer 2

Myanmar gained freedom from colonial rule in 1948 and became a democracy. But the democratic rule ended in 1962 with a military coup. In 1990 elections were held for the first time after almost 30 years. The National League for democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi won the election. Buit the military leaders of Myanmar refused to step downand did not recognise the elections the elaction results. Instead, the military put the elected pro-democracy leaders, including Suu Kyi, under house arrest. Political activists accused of even the most trivial offences have been jailed. Anyone caugh publicly airing views or issuing statements critical of the regime can be sentenced up to 20 years in prison.

Answer 3

I can't add to what the first two have already competently stated. I am a huge follower of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and it is always so nice to read about her. It would be so wonderful if all the politicians - past and present - in the sub continent of India tried to be a tenth the person Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is. She truly loved her country, her people and gave up the life of comfort to spend so many years languishing in house arrest. God bless her and her like.

Answer 4

Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: [àuɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tʃì]); born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience. A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and in 1991 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorshipAung San Suu Kyi returned to Myanmar in 1988 to take care of her ailing mother. By coincidence, in that year, the long-time leader of the socialist ruling party, General Ne Win, stepped down, leading to mass demonstrations for democratisation on August 8, 1988 (8-8-88, a day seen as favorable), which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.

Heavily influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence[2][3] , Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation, helped found the National League for Democracy on 27 September 1988, and was put under house arrest on 20 July 1989. She was offered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused.

One of her most famous speeches is the "Freedom From Fear" speech, which begins:

“ It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. "