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Who Is Aung San Suu Kyi?

A Myanmar migrant holds up an image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on February 1, 2021, after Myanmar's military detained the country's de facto leader Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup.
A Myanmar migrant holds up an image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on February 1, 2021, after Myanmar's military detained the country's de facto leader Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup.

Here are some facts about Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, the 75-year-old who rode to power after a 2015 landslide election win that established the country’s first civilian government in half a century.

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