National League for Democracy

The National League for Democracy is a  liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma).  It started in  September 1988,  Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Myanmar general election. However, the ruling military junta refused to recognise the result.

It won a landslide victory in the 2015 general election and again in 2020.  It was overthrown in a military coup d'état in early 2021.   In January 2023, the ruling  junta made a new  law designed to favor the Union Solidarity and Development Party which support them. The NLD announced that it would not re-register as a political party. On 28 March 2023, the NLD was officially dissolved for failing to register, a decision which the NLD rejected as illegitimate.

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Category:Political parties in Myanmar