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Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Aung Sang Suu Kyi was born on 19 th June 1945. She is
an
opposition leader in and from Yangon, yanmar and
won the !oble "ea#e "ri$e due to her
#ommitment and perse%eran#e on defending her ideas.
Suu Kyi has two older brothers and her father, who was
assassinated two years after she was born, was the
prime&
minister of 'ritish 'urma. As for her mother, she was an
ambassador to (ndia in 19)*. Suu Kyi got a
ba#helor+s degree in philosophy, politi#s and
e#onomi#s at the ni%ersity of -ford. -%er there, she met the man
who
would be#ome her future husband, i#hael /arris. 0hey got married
in192, and had two 3ids, Aleander and Kim.
Siteen years after getting married, Aung Sang Suu Kyi returned
to 'urma to
ta3e #are of her dying mother. uring her absen#e, 'urma was
ta3en by the
military, and was in their hands, be#ause !e in, a di#tator,
resigned his
post as party #hairman. /owe%er, he still or#hestrated %arious
%iolent
responses to the #ontinuing protests.
!oti#ing her #ountry+s politi#al situation, and belie%ing that
demo#ra#y
should be installed, also human rights must be respe#ted, she
started to
spea3 out against !e in. (n July 1969 the military go%ernment
arrestedher be#ause of her struggle, gi%ing her the opportunity to
lea%e the #ountry,
whi#h she refused.
hile she was house arrested,
she managed to be a part of
the !ational 7eague for
emo#ra#y, whi#h, in 199*,
won eighty per#ent of the
parliamentary seats. /owe%er,
these results were ignored bythe military.
Aung Sang Suu Kyi won the
!oble "ea#e "ri$e in 1991 for
her 8non&%iolent struggle for
demo#ra#y and human rights.
As she was arrested at home, the pri$e was a##epted by her
husband and
sons. She also re#ei%ed other awards, su#h as: the ;afto "ri$e
the
Sa3haro% "ri$e the Jawaharlal !ehru Award the (nternational
Sim?n 'ol@%ar "ri$e the -lof "alme "ri$e the allenberg
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