Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader in Myanmar who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She returned to Myanmar in 1988 to care for her mother and began advocating for democracy and human rights. The military government placed her under house arrest for 15 of the next 21 years. Though her party won elections in 1990, the results were ignored. She was released from house arrest in 2010 but remains an advocate for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader in Myanmar who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She returned to Myanmar in 1988 to care for her mother and began advocating for democracy and human rights. The military government placed her under house arrest for 15 of the next 21 years. Though her party won elections in 1990, the results were ignored. She was released from house arrest in 2010 but remains an advocate for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader in Myanmar who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She returned to Myanmar in 1988 to care for her mother and began advocating for democracy and human rights. The military government placed her under house arrest for 15 of the next 21 years. Though her party won elections in 1990, the results were ignored. She was released from house arrest in 2010 but remains an advocate for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader in Myanmar who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She returned to Myanmar in 1988 to care for her mother and began advocating for democracy and human rights. The military government placed her under house arrest for 15 of the next 21 years. Though her party won elections in 1990, the results were ignored. She was released from house arrest in 2010 but remains an advocate for democracy and human rights in Myanmar.
Early Years AungSanSuuKyi'sfather,formerlythedefactoprimeministerofBritishBurma, wasassassinatedin1947.Hermother,KhinKyi,wasappointedambassadorto Indiain1960.SuuKyiobtainedabachelor'sdegreefromtheUniversityofOxfordin 1969,andin1972,shemarried.Shehadtwochildrenin1973and1977and thefamilyspentthe1970sand1980sinEngland,theUnitedStatesandIndia. In1988,SuuKyireturnedtoBurmatocareforherdyingmother,andherlifetooka dramaticturn.
