Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma,
which became Yangon, Myanmar in 1989.
Her father, Aung San, was
assassinated when she was two years of age.
Her mother was Ma Khin Kyi. She
died in 1988 at the age of 76.
In 1972, Aung San Suu Kyi married
Michael Aris.
In 1973, their son
Alexander was born at
London, England.
In 1977, their second son
Kim was born at
Oxford.
In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi received the
Nobel Prize in Peace "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and
human rights." Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest at the time,
so her son, Alexander Aris, traveled to Oslo and accepted the
prize in his mother's honor.
Parallel to the Fourth World Conference
on Women, which was held in Beijing from September 4-14, 1995, the
NGO Forum on Women was held at Huairou, just outside Beijing, from August 31
to September 8, 1995. NGO stands for Non-Governmental Organizations,
by the way.
It was at this NGO Forum that Aung San
Suu Kyi was scheduled to deliver the keynote address. However, she
was unable to attend in person, so she sent a video of her speech.
On November 13, 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi
became a free woman again after having been under house arrest for
seven years.
And here is the lady in a nutshell:
In December 2011, US Secretary of
State,
Hillary Clinton stopped by for
a three-day-visit in order to encourage further reforms in Myanmar.
Here is the picture:
Hillary Clinton and
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar democracy icon, talk prior to dinner at
the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar.
Saul Loeb /Pool via Bloomberg
