- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991
- He was also put under house arrest several times
- His party formed the government and became the foreign minister
This woman, who is considered the Iron Lady of Myanmar, always raised her voice for the rights of the people of the country. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in 1991 for not giving up and continuing his struggle. However, several angry democracy officials left no opportunity to harass him and continued to persecute him. Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman who brought democracy to Myanmar, is serving several years in prison. He continued his struggle for the human rights of the Myanmar people for a long time. He has also been put under house arrest many times.
Sacrifice of life for the rights of others
Aung San Suu Kyi started working for others to get their rights from an early age. Currently, Aung San Suu Kyi is in prison, but even today her ideas have more admirers than critics.
A family dedicated to the country
Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945 in Rangoon. His family was also devoted to Myanmar from the beginning. His father formed the modern Burmese army and supported the US during World War II. Aung San’s father always demanded the independence of Burma, for which his enemies killed him. Actually, at that time Myanmar was known as Burma.
Raised by mother
Aung San’s father died when she was two years old. After this his mother took care of him. Aung San’s mother was also an important figure in Myanmar politics. Aung San’s mother was Burma’s ambassador to India and Nepal in the 1960s. Meanwhile, Aung San studied at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi. He completed his graduation in Political Science in 1964 and then studied Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from Oxford to complete his further studies.
After this, he lived in New York and worked at the United Nations for three years. Here, in 1972, she met Dr., a scholar of Tibetan culture and living in Bhutan. Married to Michael Aris, with whom she had two sons.
Raised voice for human rights
A few years later, Aung San returned to Myanmar to serve his mother. She was very upset to see Sena’s dictatorship here and thought that she would raise her voice for justice and rights. She took over the leadership of the pro-democracy movement, which led to her being banned from traveling abroad, which prevented her from even attending her husband’s funeral.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
In 1991, Aung San was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his struggle. However, she was under house arrest at the time, due to which she was unable to receive her award. After this, the demand for his release started rising from all over the world and the pressure on Myanmar increased. Aung San was also awarded the US Congressional Gold Medal in 2008, surprisingly the first person to receive this award while Aung San was in prison.
Constitutionally barred from becoming President
Aung San was released from house arrest six days after Myanmar held general elections in 2010. After her release, she went on a European tour in 2012 to receive the 1991 Nobel Prize. In 2015, she led the National League for Democracy to victory in Myanmar’s first national election in 25 years, becoming leader of the opposition. Although she was constitutionally barred from becoming president, her party formed a government and she became foreign minister.
