Aung San Suu Kyi Age, Biography, Husband & More

Bio
Real Name	Aung San Suu Kyi
Nickname	Daw Suu, Amay Suu
Profession	Politician, Diplomat, and Author
Political Party	National League for Democracy
Political Journey	• On 27 September 1988, she entered politics and founded a political party- National League for Democracy. • On 20 July 1989, she was put under house arrest. • In the 1990 General Elections, NLD secured 80% parliamentary seat. However, Burmese military refused to hand over the power to Suu Kyi and she was again put under house arrest. • On 13 November 2010, she was released from being under house arrest by the Junta Military. • On 18 January 2012, in special parliamentary elections, Suu Kyi formally registered to contest a Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house) seat in the Kawhmu Township constituency. • On 1 April 2012, she won her seat and her party won 43 of the 45 contested seats and she became the official Leader of the Opposition in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. • On 2 May 2012, she took her oath and took office. • On 9 July 2012, Suu Kyi entered the Parliament for the first time as a lawmaker. • On 6 July 2012, she announced to run for the presidency in Myanmar's 2015 elections. However, she was constitutionally barred for the presidency. • In the President Htin Kyaw government, she took over the roles of President's Office Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister, Electric Power and Energy Minister and Education Minister. • on 1 April 2016, she was appointed the State Counsellor (a post created by Htin Kyaw for Suu Kyi) of Myanmar.
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 62 kg in Pounds- 137 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	19 June 1945
Age (as in 2017)	72 Years
Birth Place	Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon)
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Gemini
Nationality	Burmese
Hometown	Rangoon, British Burma (now Yangon), Myanmar
School	Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon, Yangon, Myanmar
College	University of Delhi St Hugh's College, Oxford SOAS, University of London
Educational Qualifications	Not Known
Debut	On 27 September 1988, when she founded a political party- National League for Democracy (NLD)
Family	Father- Aung San (Politician and Burmese Freedom Fighter) Mother- Khin Kyi Brother- Aung San Lin, Aung San Oo Sisters- N/A
Address	54 University Avenue, Yangon, Myanmar
Religion	Theravada Buddhist
Ethnicity	Asian
Hobbies	Traveling, Reading, Cooking, Yoga, Interest in Modern Art
Major Controversies	She has been widely criticized for not taking a clear stand over the 2015 Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the Myanmar. Rohingyas are considered “stateless entities” in the Myanmar. Rohingya is a Muslim minority group residing in Arakan (now known as Rakhine State). They are facing sporadic massacres, "ghettoisation", rapes and restricted movements.
Favourite Things
Favourite Politician	Mahatma Gandhi
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Widowed
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Husband	Late Michael Aris, Historian
Marriage Date	m. 1972–1999
Children	Son- Alex Daughter- Kim
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Aung San Suu Kyi

• Does Aung San Suu Kyi smoke?: Not Known

• Does Aung San Suu Kyi drink alcohol?: Not Known

• She was born in a small village, Hmway Saung, outside Rangoon.

• Her name is derived from her 3 relatives- “Aung San” from her father, “Suu” from her paternal grandmother, and “Kyi” from her mother.

• Her father was commander of the Burma Independence Army and helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain. Hi is also known as the Father of the Nation in Myanmar.

• Her father was assassinated on 19 July 1947.

• Her mother, Ma Khin Kyi, was a diplomat and also served as an Ambassador to India.

• She received her education in Myanmar and India.

• In 1960, she moved to England to study at the Oxford University.

• From 1969 to 1971, she worked as the Assistant Secretary for the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions at the United Nations in New York.

• In 1987, she became a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in Simla, India.

• In 1988, she returned to Myanmar after her mother suffered a severe stroke.

• On 15 August 1988, she requested the military-controlled government for multiparty elections.

• She first time made a public address outside the Shwedagon Pagoda on 26 August 1988 and called for a multiparty democratic government.

• On 24 September 1988, she co-founded the National League fro Democracy (NLD) and was appointed its General Secretary.

• On 20 July 1989, she was put under house arrest for charges to divide military.

• On 10 July 1991, she was awarded Sakharov human rights prize by the Europian Parliament. 

• On 14 October 1991, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

• On 10 July 1995, she was released from house arrest on the conditions that she would restrict her political activities.

• On 23 September 2000, she was again put under house arrest.

• On 6 December 2000, Bill Clinton (the then President of the United States) awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

• On 6 May 2002, she was released from house arrest.

• On 30 May 2003, she was again put under house arrest.

• On 14 May 2009, she was arrested for violating the norms of house arrest.

• On 11 August 2009, she was sentenced 18 more months of home confinement.

• On 13 November 2010, she was released from house arrest spending 15 of the last 21 years under house arrest.

• In November 2010, her son Kim Aris met his mother for the first time in 10 years. On 5 July 2011, he again visited her and accompanied her on a trip to Bagan, which was her 1st trip outside Yangon since 2003.

• On 1 April 2012, she won a seat in Parliament.

• In 2012, she was featured on the cover of Miss Magazine. 

• On 16 June 2012, she accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo and delivered an acceptance speech.

• On 21 June 2012, she addressed both houses of the British parliament.

• On 19 November 2012, in the first visit of any sitting US President to Myanmar, Barack Obama (the then President of the United States) met her at her lakeside Villa where she spent years under house arrest.

• She is referred as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese.  Daw means “Aunt” and is a Burmese honorific for any older and revered woman (just like “Madame”).