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Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi. A Graceful Leader By Patricia Reed. Background. Born 1945 Burma-Myanmar Father: Military Leader, assassinated 1947 Mother: Ambassador India & Nepal Educated: India & England. Political Life. -Leader of pro-democracy movement National League for Democracy (NLD )

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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  1. Aung San SuuKyi A Graceful Leader By Patricia Reed

  2. Background Born 1945 Burma-Myanmar Father: Military Leader, assassinated 1947 Mother: Ambassador India & Nepal Educated: India & England

  3. Political Life -Leader of pro-democracy movement National League for Democracy (NLD) -Under house arrest by military dictatorship for 15 years -Elected to Burmese Parliament 2012

  4. The Qualities of a Great Leader The Qualities of a Great Leader

  5. Courageous - 1988 Uprising: Spoke to half a million people calling for democratic government - Violent repression by military. 3,000 - 10,000 killed - 2,000 imprisoned, many students

  6. Compassionate Believed in Ghandi’s non-violent resistance Encouraged Burma’s poor and ethnic minorities to fight for rights Famous speech: ‘It is not power that corrupts, but fear.’

  7. Patient and Persistent House arrests 1989-2010 Forbidden leave or to meet with NLD or outside visitors Continued to write letters and draw attention to Burma’s problems

  8. Devoted to Freedom Husband & children denied visas to Burma Family separated many years SuuKyistayed in Burma for fight for democracy

  9. Hard-working - Nobel Prize of Freedom 1991 - Presidential Medal of Freedom - Author of manybooks, including Freedom from Fear

  10. Confident & Ambitious - Speaks her mind freely with world leaders - Announced she will run for president of Burma 2015

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