Aung San Suu Kyi Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Aung San Suu Kyi
Date of birth:
June 19. 1945
Place of birth:
Rangoon, Burma
Astrology Sign:
Gemini
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Biography
Aung San Suu Kyi is a political activist. She is part of the nonviolent pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, acting as the leader of the National League for Democracy. She has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful activism against her country's military dictatorship.
Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Yangon, capital of Myanmar (formerly known as Rangoon, capital of Burma) on June 19, 1945. Her father was assassinated when she was two years old; he had been involved in the negotiation of Burmese independence from the U.K. and was killed by his political rivals. Growing up with her mother and two brothers, she was taught in English Catholic schools.
At the age of fifteen, Aung San Suu Kyi went to India with her mother, Khin Kyi, who had continued a political career in Burma and had become the ambassador to India. Four years later in New Delhi, she graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, and in 1967 she acquired her Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St. Hugh's College in Oxford. She worked for the United Nations and started a family through the seventies.
In 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi came back to Myanmar to take care of her mother, at the same time that major political changes took place in the country. A military dictatorship took control of the country; in response, Aung San Suu Kyi cofounded the National League for Democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest in 1989. She chose to remain under house arrest even though the government offered to release her if she left the country. The status of Aung San Suu Kyi has changed back and forth between house arrest and periods during which the government tries to get her to leave the country ever since. Aung San Suu Kyi's husband died of cancer in London, unable to get an entry visa from the Myanmar government to visit his wife before he died. Aung San Suu Kyi also is separated from her children who have grown up in the United Kingdom. As of early 2007, Aung San Suu Kyi remains a strong political figure in Myanmar supporting democracy. She received the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism in 1991, donating the prize money to the health and education of the Burmese people.
Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Yangon, capital of Myanmar (formerly known as Rangoon, capital of Burma) on June 19, 1945. Her father was assassinated when she was two years old; he had been involved in the negotiation of Burmese independence from the U.K. and was killed by his political rivals. Growing up with her mother and two brothers, she was taught in English Catholic schools.
At the age of fifteen, Aung San Suu Kyi went to India with her mother, Khin Kyi, who had continued a political career in Burma and had become the ambassador to India. Four years later in New Delhi, she graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, and in 1967 she acquired her Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St. Hugh's College in Oxford. She worked for the United Nations and started a family through the seventies.
In 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi came back to Myanmar to take care of her mother, at the same time that major political changes took place in the country. A military dictatorship took control of the country; in response, Aung San Suu Kyi cofounded the National League for Democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest in 1989. She chose to remain under house arrest even though the government offered to release her if she left the country. The status of Aung San Suu Kyi has changed back and forth between house arrest and periods during which the government tries to get her to leave the country ever since. Aung San Suu Kyi's husband died of cancer in London, unable to get an entry visa from the Myanmar government to visit his wife before he died. Aung San Suu Kyi also is separated from her children who have grown up in the United Kingdom. As of early 2007, Aung San Suu Kyi remains a strong political figure in Myanmar supporting democracy. She received the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism in 1991, donating the prize money to the health and education of the Burmese people.