Aung San Suu Kyi
BURMESE POLITICAL LEADER1945–
Aung San Suu Kyi, like the former South African leader Nelson Mandela (b. 1918), is an international symbol of peaceful resistance to an oppressiv...
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Born June 19, 1945 Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Prodemocracy activist
Although Aung San Suu Kyi spent most of her life outside of her native Burma, she always...
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In 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945) became the preeminent leader in Burma (now Myanmar) of the movement toward the reestablishment of democracy in that state. In 1991, while under house arrest, she w...
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi