Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes


Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation.


Citations

Suu Kyi, Aung San. "Nobel Lecture." The Nobel Foundation, 16 June 2012, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway.

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Born: June 19, 1945
  • Nationality: Burmese
  • Profession: Politician

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the president of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since 2011, having been the General Secretary from 1988 to 2011. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.