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Aung San Suu Kyi was born on the 19th of June in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), named after her father, mother and grandmother. She had two other siblings and her father Aung San was known as the father of Independant Burma because he played such a huge role in gaining Burma's indepedence. Aung San Suu Kyi's mother was also actively involved in several women's political parties before marrying. In July 1947 Aung San is assassinated by members of the opposing party when Aung San Suu Kyi was just two years old. She spent most of her early life in Burma but later joined her mother who was appointed Burmese Ambassador in India where she continued her secondary education and attended Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi. After she Graduated she attended Oxford University and completed her BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1967.

Aung San Suu Kyi was influenced by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi who taught of non violent civil disobedience and Buddist concepts. Her background also influenced her, both her mother and father were strong political figures who served the people of Burma.

She worked at the U.N in New York for two years, after getting married to Michael Aris she becomes a Research Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New York. Aung San Suu Kyi returns to England for the birth of her two sons and researches for a biography of her father when she goes to Japan as a visiting scholar to Kyoto University to learn of her fathers time there.

In 1988 she returns to Rangoon to help take care of her mother while she was there their was a major uprising for Democracy. In September 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi joined the National League for Democracy taking the role of secretary-general, this party pushed for political reforms throughout the country and Aung San Suu Kyi gave many speeches which called upon freedom and democracy. On July 20th she was placed under house arrest. A general election was held in 1990 and although Aung San Suu Kyi was still under house arrest the NLD won by an overwhelming 82% of the seats in parliament. The junta regime refused to acknowledge the results and she was only released after six years of imprisonment on July 1995. In 1991 She was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggles to acheive Democracy and Human Rights.

Suu Kyi's actions were restricted in 1996, she was not allowed to leave Rangoon and was put under house arrest. Michael Aris died of prostate cancer in 1999, he was not granted permission to see Aung San Suu Kyi before he passed away. Aung San Suu Kyi was encouraged to leave the country to see her husband before he died but she refused believing if she left Burma she wouldn't be let back in. On May 2002 she was released but was arrested again and put into jail in May 2003 after the Depayin massacre when around 100 of her supporters were beaten to death. She moved back into house arrest after prison and was only released on the 13th of November 2010 and currently resides in Burma.

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