Aung San Suu Kyi

About Aung San Suu Kyi

Leader of the Burmese political party National League for Democracy who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her advocacy of nonviolent resistance. In 2012, she was elected to the Burmese parliament's lower chamber.

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the president of the National League for Democracy since 2011, having been the General Secretary from 1988 to 2011. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s. The youngest daughter of Aung San, Father of the Nation of modern-day Myanmar, and Khin Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, British Burma. After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1964 and the University of Oxford in 1968, she worked at the United Nations for three years. She married Michael Aris in 1972, with whom she had two children.

Alma mater	University of Delhi (BA), University of Oxford (BA, MA), SOAS University of London (MPhil)
Parents	Aung San (father), Khin Kyi (mother)
Children	2, including Alexander Aris
Relatives	Aung San Oo (brother), Ba Win (uncle), Sein Win (cousin)
President	Htin Kyaw, Win Myint
Succeeded by	Min Aung Hlaing, (as Chairman of the State Administration Council)
Preceded by	Office established
Born	June 19, 1945, Rangoon, British Burma, (now Yangon, Myanmar)
Civilian awards	Rafto Prize, Sakharov Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, International Simón Bolívar Prize, Olof Palme Prize, Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace, Congressional Gold Medal
Political party	National League for Democracy
Residence	54 University Avenue

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Trivia

She became the first woman to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar.

Aung San Suu Kyi before fame

After her NLD party appeared to win the Burmese election in 1991, the ruling military junta placed her under house arrest in an attempt to sideline her.

Achievement of Aung San Suu Kyi

She was the first woman to serve as Myanmar's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Aung San Suu Kyi family life

Her mother, Khin Kyi, was a key political figure in the newly formed Burmese government following the country's independence from the United Kingdom. Michael Arts, her ex-husband, has two children with her.

Associations of Aung San Suu Kyi

She has been compared to Nelson Mandela in the unwavering commitment to reform her country's government, and the long imprisonment she suffered as a result.

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