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Archive - Jun 20, 2009
Burma's Prime Minister-elect, Aung San Suu Kyi, 13 years behind bars out of 19 in politics, turns 64 on June 19
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*update*
Aung San Suu Kyi held multiple governmental posts since 2016, including that of state counselor, which essentially made her the de facto leader of the country.
She remained under house arrest for almost 15 of the 21 years from 1989 to 2010
In the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi earned the right to be Prime Minister in a 392-out-of-489-seats landslide victory as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, but her detention has prevented her from assuming that role.
