AUNG SAN SUU KYI

CHILDHOOD

• Aung San Suu Kyi was the daughter of Burma's independence hero.
• Her father assassinated when she was only two years old.
• She had two brothers one of which who died in a swimming accident.
• The other one migrated to San Diego, Californa.
• Her mother was ambassador for India and Nepal.

COLLEGE AND STUDIES

• She attended Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi University.
• In 1967 she received a B.A degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
• In 1972 while she was studying she married Michael Aris.

WHAT SHE WANTED

• After her mother's death was announced " that her father and mother worked for Burma so she would too.
• Then she traveled throughout the country delivering speeches in support of democracy.
• On July 29, 1988 she was placed under house arrest. While she was in her house, she was gavin the Nobel peace medal .
• During that time her husband was dying. She a choice to leave her house and go to see him. But she wouldn't be aloud back in the country. So she left her dying husband in England.
• Finally on November 13, 2010 she was released from house arrest.

MAKING A CHANGE IN HER COUNTRY

• She thought she could make a change because she never gave up and she fought for what was right.
• Aung San Suu Kyi was not killed fighting for was right however she went through many struggles.

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