The
National League for Democracy (, ;
NLD) is a
democratic socialist and
liberal democratic political party in
Myanmar (Burma). Founded on 27 September 1988, it has become one of the most influential parties in Myanmar's pro-democracy movement. Special Honorary President of the
Socialist International and
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its President. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the
1990 Burmese general election. However, the ruling
military junta refused to recognise the result. On 6 May 2010, the party was declared illegal and ordered to be disbanded by the junta after refusing to register for the
elections slated for November 2010. In November 2011, the NLD announced its intention to register as a political party to contend future elections and on 13 December 2011, Burma's Union Election Commission approved their application for registration.