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Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June in Yangon, Burma) is a human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and State Counsellor of Myanmar.

Suu Kyi was not able to be president. Instead, she became the State Counsellor of Myanmar.[2] She brought some democracy to her country with nonviolence.

Aung san suu kyi biography In office 27 September — 18 November Party website. He acknowledged her role as a moral leader for the world, even while isolated and silenced by the military regime. She had met Aris when they were both students at Oxford.

She is the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma and a famous prisoner. She has been under house arrest several times. Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize in , and the Nobel Peace Prize in In , she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru peace prize.

She is sometimes called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Daw is not part of her name, but a title for older women. This name shows respect for her.[3] She is called Amay Suu by the people, meaning Mother Suu.

On 1 February , Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested and removed from power by the military during a coup d'état.

Daw aung san suu kyi biography In , she was released from house arrest and travelled around the world speaking up for democracy in Burma. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. When she was State Counsellor, Burma had serious problems with the genocide of the Rohingya. We strive for accuracy and fairness.

The military thought the government changed the results of the November Myanmar general election.[4] On February 3, Suu Kyi was accused of breaking Myanmar's import laws.[5] On February 16, Myanmar police filed a second criminal charge against her, this time for breaking the country's Natural Disaster Law.[6] There were more charges and in December she was sentenced to 33 years in prison, later reduced to 27 years.[7]

Personal life

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Aung San Suu Kyi was the third child in her family.

Her name "Aung San" comes from her father, who is also named Aung San; "Kyi" comes from her mother; and "Suu" comes from her grandmother.[8]

Her father helped to make Burma independent from the United Kingdom in He was killed in the same year. She grew up with her mother, Khin Kyi, and two brothers, Aung San Lin and Aung San Oo in Yangon.

One of her brothers, Aung San Lin, drowned when Suu Kyi was eight.[8] Her other brother, Aung San Oo currently lives in San Diego, California and is an Americancitizen.[8]

Suu Kyi went to Catholic schools for much of her childhood in Burma. She learned English in school.

Khin Kyi, Suu Kyi's mother, became famous as a politician.

She became the Burmese ambassador to India in Aung San Suu Kyi went to college in India at the Lady Shri Ram College for Women in New Delhi.[9] Suu Kyi continued her education at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and learned about philosophy, politics, and economics. She also went to the School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London in the s.

She moved to New York and worked at the United Nations. In , Aung San Suu Kyi married Michael Aris (), a professor of Tibetan culture who lived in Bhutan.

George soros and daw aung san suu kyi biography In the summer of , she received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University. She admired Mohandas Gandhi 's use of nonviolence. BBC Radio 4. After she was released from house arrest, she was elected to be State Counsellor.

She had met Aris when they were both students at Oxford. In , she gave birth to her first son, Alexander, in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London;[10] and in she had her second son, Kim also born at Queen Charlotte's and Cheslea Hospital in London.

Political career

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Aung San Suu Kyi returned to Burma in to take care of her sick mother.

That year, the long-time leader of the socialist ruling party, General Ne Win, retired.

Aung San Suu Kyi: Her Excellency. When she was State Counsellor, Burma had serious problems with the genocide of the Rohingya. In response, the junta in September once again placed her under house arrest. During public hearings in December, she chided "impatient international actors" for inserting themselves into Myanmar's affairs, explaining that her government was conducting its own investigations of possible crimes.

She admired Mohandas Gandhi's use of nonviolence.[11][12] She was also inspired by Buddhism.[13] Aung San Suu Kyi worked for democracy and helped make the National League for Democracy on September 27th Because Suu Kyi was working against the government, she was asked to leave the country, but she did not.

She was arrested in and placed in prison in This was after an election which her party, the National League for Democracy, won, but they were not allowed to be in charge of the country. Between and , she was almost always in her home, which is called house arrest. Burma released her in November Suu Kyi was going to be released in , but when a man entered her home she was kept on house arrest for another year because she had broken the rules of the house arrest.

After she was released from house arrest, she was elected to be State Counsellor. When she was State Counsellor, Burma had serious problems with the genocide of the Rohingya.

Political belief

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When she was asked what democratic models Myanmar could look to, she said: "We have many, many lessons to learn from various places, not just the Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia and Indonesia".

She also cited "the eastern European countries, which made the transition from communist autocracy to democracy in the s and s, and the Latin American countries, which made the transition from military governments". She added that "we wish to learn from everybody who has achieved a transition to democracy, and also () because we are so far behind everybody else, we can also learn which mistakes we should avoid."[14]

Book

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Authored

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  • Letters from Burma () with Fergal KeaneISBN&#;
  • The Voice of Hope () with Alan Clements, ISBN&#;
  • Freedom from Fear and Other Writings () with Václav Havel, Desmond M.

    Tutu, and Michael Aris, ISBN&#;

  • Der Weg zur Freiheit () with U Kyi Maung, U Tin Oo, ISBN&#;
  • Letter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart () by Fergal Keane, foreword by Aung San Suu Kyi, edited by Tony Grant ISBN&#;
  • Burma's Revolution of the Spirit: The Struggle for Democratic Freedom and Dignity () with Alan Clements, Leslie Kean, The Dalai Lama, Sein Win ISBN&#;
  • Aung San of Burma: A Biographical Portrait by His Daughter () ISBN&#;, 2nd edition
  • Aung San (Leaders of Asia Series) () ISBN&#;
  • Burma and India: Some aspects of intellectual life under colonialism () ISBN&#;
  • Bhutan (Let's Visit Series) () ISBN&#;
  • Nepal (Let's Visit Series) () ISBN&#;
  • Burma (Let's Visit Series) () ISBN&#;

Edited

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Mentioned in

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  • Aung San Suu Kyi (Modern Peacemakers) () by Judy L.

    Hasday, ISBN&#;

  • The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner () by Barbara Victor, ISBN&#;, or hardcover: ISBN&#;
  • Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi () by Justin Wintle, ISBN&#;
  • Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators () by David Wallechinsky, ISBN&#;
  • Aung San Suu Kyi (Trailblazers of the Modern World) () by William Thomas, ISBN&#;
  • No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs () by Naomi KleinISBN&#;
  • Mental culture in Burmese crisis politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for DemocracyArchived at the Wayback Machine (ILCAA Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series) () by Gustaaf Houtman, ISBN&#;
  • Aung San Suu Kyi: Standing Up for Democracy in Burma (Women Changing the World) () by Bettina Ling ISBN&#;
  • Aung San Suu Kyi: Fearless Voice of Burma (Newsmakers Biographies Series) () by Whitney Stewart, ISBN&#;
  • Prisoner for Peace: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's Struggle for Democracy (Champions of Freedom Series) () by John Parenteau, ISBN&#;
  • Des femmes prix Nobel de Marie Curie à Aung San Suu Kyi, () by Charlotte Kerner, Nicole Casanova, Gidske Anderson, ISBN&#;
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, towards a new freedom () by Chin Geok Ang ISBN&#;
  • Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle: Its principles and strategy () by Mikio Oishi ISBN&#;
  • Finding George Orwell in Burma () by Emma Larkin ISBN&#;

Awards

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References

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  1. ↑"Aung San Suu Kyi".

    Desert Island Discs. 27 January BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January

  2. ↑"World Book". .

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  6. ↑"Myanmar Family Roles and Social Relationships". Government of Myanmar. Retrieved
  7. ↑"Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'detained by military', NLD party says". BBC News.

    Daw aung san suu kyi Following a November report by the U. For many years she was held under house arrest. President George W. That year, the long-time leader of the socialist ruling party, General Ne Win , retired.

    Retrieved 31 January

  8. ↑"Myanmar coup: Detained Aung San Suu Kyi faces charges". BBC News. Retrieved
  9. ↑"Myanmar police file additional charge against Aung San Suu Kyi: lawyer". Reuters. February 16, Retrieved February 17,
  10. ↑"Suu Kyi's secretive Myanmar trials end with 7 more years of jail".

    Reuters. Retrieved

  11. ↑ Nobel Bio Details. Quote: 19 June. Aung San Suu Kyi born in Yangon, third child in family. "Aung San" for father, "Kyi" for mother, "Suu" for grandmother, also day of week of birth. Favourite brother is to drown tragically at an early age.

    The older brother, will settle in San Diego, California, becoming United States citizen.

  12. ↑"Aung San Suu Kyi — Biography". Nobel Foundation.

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  17. ↑Wintle, Justin (). Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN&#;.
  18. ↑"Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi". BBC News Online. 25 May Retrieved
  19. ↑"The Nobel Peace Prize Presentation Speech".

    Nobel Foundation. Retrieved

  20. ↑Mental culture in Burmese crisis politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for DemocracyArchived at the Wayback Machine (ILCAA Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series) () by Gustaaf Houtman, ISBN&#;
  21. ↑Myanmar's Suu Kyi ends US trip, hailing democracy, AFP, Oct 3,
  22. ↑US Senate honours Burma's Suu Kyi - BBC News
  23. ↑"CBS News Journalist Lesley Stahl to Deliver Colgate's Commencement Address".

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