Aung San Suu Kyi Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Aung San Suu Kyi AC (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany, /aʊŋˌsæn.suːˈtʃiː/, Burmese pronunciation: [àʊɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tɕì]; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country, the fourth person ever to receive the honour. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal. On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was also presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.On 1 April 2012, her party, the National League for Democracy, announced that she was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the Burmese parliament, representing the constituency of Kawhmu; her party also won 43 of the 45 vacant seats in the lower house. The election results were confirmed by the official electoral commission the following day.On 6 June 2013, Suu Kyi announced on the World Economic Forum’s website that she wants to run for the presidency in Myanmar's 2015 elections. As of 2014, she is listed as the 61st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
Nobel Peace Prize, Sakharov Prize, Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace, Congressional Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, International Simón Bolívar Prize, Olof Palme Prize, Wallenberg Medal, Freedom of the City ...
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Gemini
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We should not depend on U.S. sanctions to keep up the momentum for democracy.
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On success: At the root of human responsibility is the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to follow the path, if not to the end at least the distance needed to rise above the individual limitations and environmental impediments.
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On personal power: If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated.
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[on her father, Aung San, former Burmese nationalist leader who is known as the father of modern Burma:] "It was only when I grew older and started collecting material on his life and achievements that I began to learn what he had really been like and how much he had managed to achieve in his thirty-two years. Not only did I then conceive an admiration for him as a patriot and statesman but I developed a strong sense of empathy as I discovered many similarities in our attitudes. It is perhaps because of this strong bond that I came to feel such a deep sense of responsibility for the welfare of my country."
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She was awarded an honorary A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on May 24, 1996 for her services of her outstanding leadership and great personal courage in the struggle to bring democracy to Burma.
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Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was again put under 'protective custody' after clashes between her National League for Democracy and government forces in May 2003. Her detention has caused international concern. The United Nations, Australia, France, Japan, Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom have called for her release. [June 2003]
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Earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her efforts as a Burmese human rights activist, writer, and cofounder of the National League for Democracy, the country's most powerful opposition party. For her "treasonous" political activities, which consisted of journeying (sometimes by bullock cart or boat) the length and breadth of Burma to speak out against the dictatorship, she was placed under house arrest in July, 1989. When the Nobels of 1991 were announced, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said: "She became the leader of a democratic opposition which employs nonviolent means to resist a regime characterized by brutality. Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades."
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Her name is pronounced ahng san soo chee.
Miscellaneous
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Year
Status
Character
Beyond Rangoon
1995
photograph source
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes
2015
TV Series documentary
Herself - Opposition Leader (segment "The New Burma")
Infrarouge
2013
TV Series documentary
Herself
Charlie Rose
2011-2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain
2012
Documentary
Herself
Efter Tio
2011
TV Series
Herself
Burma: A Human Tragedy
2011
Documentary
Herself
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
2008
Documentary
Herself
Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel
2001
TV Short documentary
Herself - Laureate 1991
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Insiders
2011
TV Series
Herself
Aung San Suu Kyi: Lady of No Fear
2010
Documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Burma: A Human Tragedy (2011) as Herself
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008) as Herself
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain (2012) as Herself
Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel (2001) as Herself - Laureate 1991
$1.9 Million
