zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zGCID=this.zGCID?zGCID+" test11":" test11" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Buddhism Buddhism Search Basics Practice Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free Buddhism Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum By Barbara O'Brien , About.com Guide See More About: women in buddhism burma current events Aung San Suu Kyi U.S. Department of State zSB(3,3) Early Life: Aung San Suu Kyi was born in 1943 to Burmese national leader General Aung San and his wife, Khin Kyi. General Aung San was assassinated in 1947. In 1964 Ms. Suu Kyi entered Oxford University, studying philosophy, politics and economics. She graduated with a BA in 1967. After graduation she worked for the United Nations in New York as an Assistant Secretary and then as a Research Officer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan. In 1972 Ms. Suu Kyi married Dr. Michael Aris, a British scholar, and moved with him back to Oxford, where her sons Alexander and Kim were born. Burma Reaches for Freedom: In March 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi returned to Burma to take care of her ailing mother. Burma at that time was governed by the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), headed by Gen. U Ne Win. Gen. Ne Win stepped down as BSPP head in July 1988. | |
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