San su kyi biography
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Abstract
This book is the first political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi covering both her years in opposition and all her years in power from onwards. It offers a new interpretation of Aung San Suu Kyi by presenting a balanced and thorough account of Suu Kyi’s policies. In the last 30 years there has not been a person in global politics who has risen so high and fallen so low – and so quickly – as Aung San Suu Kyi. Using postcolonial theory and introducing the new concept of `a hybrid politician', this book explains apparent inconsistencies of Suu Kyi’s agenda. It demonstrates that Suu Kyi considers herself a democrat and yet, rules autocratically. Immersed in her country’s tradition of policymaking, she has at the same time been influenced by foreign concepts, both Western and Asian. Drawing on first-hand research, including talks with Suu Kyi, conversations with her supporters and rivals, observations of Suu Kyi’s behaviour during intergovernm
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi served as the first state counsellor of Myanmar from On Feb. 1, , she was arrested by the Myanmar military after they declared the November general election results fraudulent and imposed a one-year state of emergency.
Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma – now Yangon, Myanmar – on June 19, Her father is known as the founder of independent Burma () and is beloved in that country. Her mother had been active in women's political groups before marrying Aung San, and the couple often hosted political gatherings in their home. In July , Aung San and most of his cabinet were assassinated by members of an opposing political group.
Suu Kyi spent her early years in Burma. She later joined her mother, who was appointed as Burmese ambassador to India in She was partly educated in secondary school in India and then attended St. Hugh's College, Oxford University, in England, where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees. She also became influenced b
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Biography
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, is a world-renowned figure who symbolises the struggle of Burma’s people to be free. She was born in , the daughter of Burma’s independence hero, General Aung San, who was assassinated when she was two years old.
Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom. After living for many years in Oxford, she returned to Burma in to nurse her dying mother. She soon became engaged in the country’s nationwide democracy uprising, which the military regime suppressed with brute force. She was a key figure in forming a new pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).
As NLD General Secretary, Aung San Suu Kyi gave numerous speeches calling for freedom and democracy. Her party won the general election in a landslide victory, but was not allowed to take power. Aung San Suu Kyi herself was placed under house arrest in , and spent fifteen&nbs