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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Born June 19, 1945 (1945-06-19) (age 62)
Yangon, Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: [àuɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tʃì]); born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience. A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and in 1991 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship.

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1 Personal life
2 Political beginnings
3 Detention in Myanmar
4 International supporters
4.1 Nations
4.2 Organizations
5 The Bommersvik Declarations
5.1 Bommersvik Declaration I
5.2 Bommersvik Declaration II
6 Books
6.1 Authored
6.2 Mentioned in
7 Popular media
8 References
9 See also
10 External links