CHAPTER 1 WHO IS AUNG SAN SUU KYI CHINAeg BHUTAN NEPAL Puti CHINA N DIA BANGLADES INDIA 3 MYANMAR ung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon the former capital of Burma on June 19 1945 Since 1989 Burma has been called the Republic of the Union of Myanmar or Myanmar for short It is the second largest country in Southeast Asia and is bordered by China Thailand India Laos and Bangladesh Suu Kyi was are the youngest child of Aung Taungay San and Khin Kyi She had two older brothers Aung San Oo and Aung San Lin Suu Kyi was only two years Map of Myanmar old when her father Aung San died A fighter Mandalay SHAN PLATEAU VIETNAM Magwe LAO Sandoway Nay Pyi T THAILAND 010 200 mi CAMBODIA Kawthounge O 2013 Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc SriLSA
who is Aung San Suu Kyi Two year old Suu Kyi bottom center in 1947 with her parents and two older brothers for Burmese freedom from British rule Aung San was assassinated six months before the country gained its independence in 1948 Suu Kyi lived in Burma until 1960 She and her brother Aung San Oother other brother Aung San Lin had drowned in 1953 then traveled to India with their mother a diplomat
AUNG SAN Suu KYI MYANMAR's FREEDOM FIGHTER QUICK FACT Although Myanmar is considered the country's official name many people especially those who support Aung San Suu Kyi still refer to the country as Burma Because the military dictatorship changed the country's name to Myanmar it remains U S policy to refer to the country as Burma in most contexts who served as Burma's first female ambassador From 1960 to 1967 Khin Kyi was the Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER After graduating from high school Suu Kyi moved to England and became a student at the University of Oxford She earned a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy politics and economics Oxford is where she met her future husband Michael Aris an expert on Tibetan and Himalayan
Who Is Aung San Suu Kyi Suu Kyi moved to New York City where she worked for the United Nations She worked as an assistant secretary for the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions In 1971 Suu Kyi married Aris They lived in Bhutan for a year where Suu Kyi worked as a research officer of the Royal Ministry of Foreign COOD Michael Aris and Suu Kyi outside an office in Kensington London where they had registered to be in
