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About Aung San Suu Kyi
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Born June 19, 1945, Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, Myanmar] Myanmar opposition leader, daughter of Aung San (a martyred national hero of independent Burma) and Khin Kyi (a prominent Burmese diplomat), and winner in 1991 of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Aung San Suu Kyi derives her name from three relatives: "Aung San" from her father, "Suu" from her paternal grandmother and "Kyi" from her mother Khin Kyi. She is frequently called 'Daw Aung San Suu Kyi'. Daw is not part of her name, but is an honorific, similar to madame, for older, revered women, literally meaning "aunt". She is also often referred to as 'Daw Suu' by the Burmese, and as 'Dr. Suu Kyi', 'Ms. Suu Kyi', or 'Mrs. Suu Kyi' by the foreign media. Her name is pronounced Awn Sahn SueChee.
Aung San Suu Kyi remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from July 20, 1989 until her release on 13 November 2010. On the evening of 13 November 2010, she was released from house arrest.
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Profile For Aung San Suu Kyi
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Personal Information
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Birth Name
Aung San Suu Kyi
Nick Name
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Suu
Dr. Suu Kyi
Ms. Suu Kyi
Mrs. Suu Kyi
Date of Birth
19 June 1945 (1945-06-19)
Place of birth
Rangoon (now named "Yangon"), British Burma (now named "Myanmar")
Weekday
Tuesday
Birthday/Birth Anniversary
19 June
Grew up
Rangoon, British Burma
Sex
Female
Hair Color
Gray
Eyes Color
Brown
Height
5'.3"
Zodiac sign
Gemini
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Country
Burma
Ancestry
Burma
Nationality
Burmese
Citizenship
Burmese
Race or Ethnicity
White, Asian, Burmese
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Residence
54 University Avenue, Rangoon, Burma
Language Speaks
Burmese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
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Family Information
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Father Name
Aung San
(Major General, founder of the modern Burmese army, founder of Communist Party of Burma, founder of the Union of Burma, founder of Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, shortly prime minister of Indent Burma, assassinated by his rivals in 1947)
Mother Name
Khin Kyi
(Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960)
Brother(s)
- Aung San Oo [(elder)engineer]
- Aung San Lin [(younger) died at age eight]
Paternal Residence
Rangoon, Burma
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Educational Information(s)
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Academy (ies)
- Methodist English High School, Burma
- Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi
- St Hugh's College, Oxford, England (1967)
- Kyoto University, Japan (1985-86)
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London [(SOAS) -1985]
Degree(s)
Studies
Philosophy, Politics, Economics
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Marital Information
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Status
Married
Spouse
Dr. Michael Aris
(private tutor of the royal family of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, academic and lecturer at St John's College and later at St Antony's College, Oxford, England, nationality - Cuba, died 1999)
Son(s)
- Alexander Aris (1973)
- Kim Aris (1977)
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Professional Information(s)
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Title
General Secretary of the "National League for Democracy" (NLD)
Occupation(s)
Politician
Awards
- Rafto Prize (1990)
- Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1992)
- Olof Palme Prize (2005)
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