AUNG SAAN SUN KYI

Life and Biography

About Aung Saan Sun Kyi

Famous as :Political Leader Born on:19 June 1945 Born in :Myamar

Childhood

She was born in Rangoon (capital of Myanmar)

Her dad died (was murdered) from his rivals when Sun Kyi was only 2 years old.

She was raised by her mother which at that time was working at External Affairs Ministry but then she became Myanmar's ambassador to India. 

Education

Sun Kyi finished her primary school in Rangoon but after moving to India she continued her studies there.

She graduated Oxford University in 1967.

In her first political move she joined National League for Democracy as a secretary. These moves were against the method of her countries politics.

She gave a lot of speeches. A year after she was put under house

arrest and in the same year her mother passed away.

Freedom??

After her house arrest her opinions on the democracy in Myanmar were still the same.

She tried to gather as much people as possible not only people who lived in Myanmar but in other countries too.

But the military rulers restricted her moves during 1996.

RE-lease × RE-detention

In 2003 she was arrested (in prison), but in the early 2004 she moved back under house arrest .

Rewarded but still arrested

Sun Kyi has won different awards but most important the Nobel Prize.

1945: Aung San Suu Kyi born in Rangoon. 1947: General Aung San assassinated

1948: The Independent Union of Myanmar is established. 1960: Daw Khin Kyi appointed Myanmar's ambassador to India. Suu Kyi

accompanies mother to New Delhi. 1960-64: Suu Kyi at high school and Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi. 1964-67: Oxford University, B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics at St.

Hugh's College 1969-71: She goes to New York for study. Postponing studies, Suu Kyi joins

U.N. Secretariat as Assistant Secretary. 1972: January 1. Marries Michael Aris 1973: They return to England for birth of Alexander in London. 1974: Michael assumes appointment at Oxford University. 1977: Birth of second son, Kim at Oxford. 1984: Publishes “Aung San” 1985: Publishes “Let's Visit Myanmar” also books on Nepal and Bhutan 1985-86: Visiting Scholar, Center of Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto

University

1986: Alexander and Kim take part in traditional Buddhist ceremony of initiation into monk-hood.

1988: Moves her ailing mother to family home on University Avenue in Rangoon. 1989: Suu Kyi continues campaign despite harassment, arrests and killings by soldiers. 1990: Despite detention of Suu Kyi, NLD wins election with 82% of parliamentary seats.

SLORC refuses to recognise results. 1990: Suu Kyi granted 1990 Rafto Human Rights Prize. 1991: European Parliament awards Suu Kyi Sakharov human rights prize. 1991: Norwegian Nobel Committee announces Suu Kyi as the Winner of 1991 Peace

Prize. 1991: December: “Freedom from Fear” was published. 1992: Suu Kyi announces that she will use $1.3 million prize money to establish health

and education trust for Burmese people. 1993: Group of Nobel Peace Laureates, denied entry to Myanmar 1995: SLORC releases Suu Kyi from hous1999: Her husband, Michael Aris died of cancer. 2000: She was detained again. 2002: Released after two years. 2003: Detained ever since. e arrest after six years of detention

Punoi:

Andi Humolli