in the parliamentary by-elections of 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi ran for a seat in parliament and won handily. She took her seat in Myanmar's parliament on July 9, 2012. She has announced her intention to run for the presidency in 2015, despite a provision in the current constitution that bars candidate who married foreigners from running. This constitutional ban, enacted in 2008, was aimed directly at Suu Kyi.