A Profile of Aung San Suu Kyi

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Known by many simply as 'The Lady', Aung San Suu Kyi has become one of the world's most famous politicians. And yet she has never exercised any power in her country Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Under the current constitution, she is forbidden from becoming president. But will she find a way of ruling the country if, as is expected, her party The National League for Democracy has won this weekend's elections?

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0:14.0	BBC World Service.
0:16.0	And following the historic election in Myanmar,
0:19.0	you're listening to a special profile of An Sang Su Chi.
0:23.0	I'm Mark Cosm.
0:25.0	She's one of the best known political figures in the world.
0:28.0	A human rights icon, a Nobel laureate, a country's Nelson Mandela say some.
0:39.0	Smart and very brilliant and very courageous,
0:43.0	she is a very brief lady.
0:46.0	Her supporters simply call her the lady,
0:48.0	a woman who sacrificed family and freedom to try to help her people.
0:52.0	There is a song in Burma now, very popular.
0:55.0	It's about her party that she's going to win,
0:58.0	she's going to be the leader of the government,
1:00.0	and she will be our president.
1:02.0	And that is what people are hoping for.
1:05.0	But not everyone's convinced.
1:07.0	You don't see any intellectual or ideological substance or issues of important.
1:14.0	On Sunday, the people of Myanmar, formerly Burma, got their say.
1:19.0	Millions voting in what's widely regarded to be
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