| | |  |  | - Born June 1945 in Rangoon, Burma
- Daughter of national leader, General Aung San, of Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
- Father assassinated in 1947, he was just 32 years old
- Aung San Suu Kyi studied at Oxford University, then worked for UN Secretariat in New York
- Married scholar Michael Aris, two sons. Lived in England until 1988 return to Burma
- 1989 military takeover in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi (NLD leader) placed under house arrest
- 1990 National League for Democracy Party won in 80% of regions, Aung San Suu Kyi still under house arrest
- 1991 wins Nobel Peace Prize
- 1995 freed from house arrest but remains in Burma
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