Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) 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 2 ...

has received numerous honours and awards, including the 1991

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and the

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially merit ...

, throughout her life for her peace and freedom activism in her homeland of

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. However, since the start of the

Rohingya genocide The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the Burmese military. The genocide has consisted of two phases to date: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 ...

in 2016, many of these honours and awards have been revoked due to her perceived inaction to stop the crisis.

Currently held

Orders, decorations and medals

;Foreign * AUS Order of Australia (civil) BAR

Honorary Companion of the

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(AC) - Civil Division (24 May 1996). *

(6 December 2000) * Sultan's Golden Jubilee Medal (2017)

Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal – 6 October 2017

Other distinctions

(14 October 1991) * Olof Palme Prize (2005) *

Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. It is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions by individuals or institutions. The congressional pract ...

(6 May 2008) *

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Prize (2011) * The Wallenberg Medal from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(2011)

Scholastic

; University Degrees ; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector, and fellowships

Honorary degrees

;Honorary degrees

Memberships and fellowships

Freedom of the City

* 1994: Rome (Collected on 27 October 2013) * 13 May 2011: Brighton and Hove

Revoked or status otherwise withdrawn

Honorary citizenship

* Honorary Canadian citizenship (awarded 2007, due to concerns over the

, revoked 27 September 2018 by unanimous vote of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, with the unanimous concurrence of the Senate of Canada on 2 October 2018). She is the first recipient of honorary Canadian citizenship to have the honour withdrawn.

Distinctions of societies and associations

* Sakharov Prize (1990), rescinded on 10 September 2020 * Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award (2009), rescinded on 11 November 2018 * The Elie Wiesel Award from the

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust hi ...

(2012), rescinded on 6 March 2018.

Honorary degrees

* Queen's University

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(LL.D; awarded 1995, revoked 30 November 2018) *

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(LL.D; awarded 2011, revoked 19 October 2018)

Memberships and fellowships

* Hony. Member of

UNISON In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. ''Rhythmic unison'' is another term for homorhythm. Definition Unison or per ...

(suspended 20 September 2017)

Freedoms of cities

* 1997: Oxford (Revoked on 27 November 2017) * 1 November 1999: Dublin (Revoked on 13 December 2017) * 2004: Paris (Revoked on 13 December 2018) * 2005: Edinburgh (Revoked on 23 August 2018) * 2005: Galway (

Galway City Council Galway City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Galway, Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for hous ...

revoked Freedom on 11 February 2019) * 2005: Sheffield (Revoked in November 2017) * 2008: Dundee (Revoked in September 2018) * 2009: Glasgow (Revoked on 3 November 2017) * 18 June 2011: Newcastle (Revoked in August 2018) * May 2017: London (The

City of London Corporation The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the municipal governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United King ...

Court of Common Council The Court of Common Council is the primary decision-making body of the City of London Corporation. It meets nine times per year. Most of its work is carried out by committees. Elections are held at least every four years. It is largely composed o ...

voted to Revoke on 5 March 2020)

References

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