Honours of Aung San Suu Kyi


Aung San Suu Kyi has received numerous honours and awards throughout her life for her peace and freedom activism in Burma. However, since the 2016 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar many of these honours have been revoked due to her perceived inaction to stop the crisis.

Honorary citizen

Orders, decorations and medals

Foreign
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Other distinctions
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Scholastic
University Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England1967St. Hugh's College, OxfordBachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy, politics and economics
 England1988SOAS, University of LondonMaster of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Burmese literature candidate
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector, and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Japan1985 – 1986Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto UniversityVisiting scholar [4]
 IndiaFebruary 1987 – February 1989Indian Institute of Advanced StudyFellow [13]
 England1990 – St Hugh's College, OxfordHonorary Fellow [14]
 England1991 – 9 November 2017LSE Students' UnionHonorary President [15]
 England2009 – Liverpool John Moores UniversityHonorary Fellow [16]
 Japan15 April 2013 – Kyoto UniversityHonorary Fellow [17]
 England – St Antony's College, OxfordHonorary Fellow [18]
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Honorary degrees
Honorary degrees
Location Date School Degree Status
 OntarioNovember 1993University of TorontoDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [19]
 Ontario1995Queen's UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [20]Revoked 30 November 2018 [21]
 District of ColumbiaJanuary 1997American UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [14]
 Czech Republic10 January 1997Charles UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [22]
 Australia1997University of Technology SydneyDoctor of Letters (D.Litt) [23]
 South Africa1997University of NatalDoctor of Laws (LL.D)
 England1998University of BathDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [24]
 England1998University of BristolDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [25]
 Australia1998University of MelbourneDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [26]
 New Zealand1999Victoria University of WellingtonDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [27]
 Newfoundland and LabradorMay 2004Memorial University of NewfoundlandDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [28]
 Northern Ireland2009Ulster UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [29]
 Ontario2011Carleton UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [30]Revoked 19 October 2018 [31]
 South AfricaOctober 2011University of JohannesburgDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) [32]
 Maryland2012Johns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [33]
 Hong Kong15 March 2012University of Hong KongDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [34]
 Republic of Ireland18 June 2012Trinity College DublinDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [35]
 England20 June 2012University of OxfordDoctor of Civil Law (DCL) [36]
 CaliforniaSeptember 2012University of San FranciscoDoctorate [37]
 Australia27 November 2013University of SydneyDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [38]
 Australia30 November 2013Monash UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [39]
 Australia2013Australian National UniversityDoctor of Letters (D.Litt) [40]
 Taiwan12 December 2015National Chiao Tung UniversityDoctorate [41]
 Japan3 November 2016Kyoto UniversityDoctorate [42]
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Memberships and Fellowships
Country Date Organisation Position
 Scotland10 February 2015 – Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghHonorary Fellow [43]
 United Kingdom – UNISONHonorary Member [44]
  • Suspended on 20 September 2017
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Freedom of the City
  • 1994: Rome (Collected on 27 October 2013) [45]
  • 1997: Oxford (Revoked on 27 November 2017) [46]
  • 1 November 1999: Dublin (Revoked on 13 December 2017) [47]
  • 2004: Paris (Revoked on 13 December 2018)
  • 2005: Edinburgh (Revoked on 23 August 2018) [48]
  • 2005: Galway (Galway City Council revoked Freedom on 11 February 2019) [49] [50]
  • 2005: Sheffield (Revoked on November 2017) [51]
  • 2008: Dundee (Revoked on September 2018) [52]
  • 2009: Glasgow (Revoked on 3 November 2017)
  • 13 May 2011: Brighton and Hove [53]
  • 18 June 2011: Newcastle (Revoked on August 2018) [54]
  • May 2017: London (The City of London Corporation's Court of Common Council voted to Revoke on 5 March 2020) [55] [56] [57]
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