Name: Ms Aung San Suu Kyi (Burma/Myanmar)
Title: Honorary Board Member of International IDEA
Education: Masters degree from Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Current and Previous Positions: General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. A symbol for democracy in the military run state of Burma/Myanmar and daughter of a national hero, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi worked as an Assistant Secretary at the UN (1969-71) and as a Research Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bhutan. In 1988 she became General Secretary of the National League for Democracy which won a landslide victory in the Burmese elections in 1990 but this was not recognised by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council and she remained under house arrest, despite widespread international condemnation, until her release 6 May, 2002.
Publications: Ms Aung San Suu Kyi is the author of numerous books and articles including Aung San of Burma: A Biographical Portrait by his Daughter, Burma and India: Some Aspects of Intellectual Life under Colonialism and Freedom from Fear and Other Writings
