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Born
Born in Rangoon on June 19th, the daughter of independence hero and national leader General Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi; General Aung San is assassinated July 19, 1947. Aung San Suu Kyi is educated in Rangoon until 15 years old. -
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1960
Accompanies mother to Delhi on her appointment as Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal and studies politics at Delhi University. -
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1964-1967
BA in philosophy, politics and economics, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University. She is elected Honorary Fellow in 1990. -
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1969-1971
Assistant Secretary, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, United Nations Secretariat, New York. -
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1972
Research Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bhutan; married Dr. Michael Aris, a British scholar. -
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1973-1977
Birth of sons Alexander in London (1973) and Kim (1977) in Oxford. -
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1985-1986
Visiting Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. -
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1987
Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla. -
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1988
Student protests break out in Rangoon. -
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1988
Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law that allows for detention without charge or trial for three years. -
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1988
General Ne Win steps down as Chairman of the Burma Socialist Programme Party(BSPP) after 26 years, triggering prodemocracy movement. -
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1988
The famous 8-8-88 mass uprising starts in Rangoon and spreads to the entire country, drawing millions of people to protest against the BSPP government. The following military crackdown killed thousands. -
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1988
Aung San Suu Kyi addresses half-million mass rally in front of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon and calls for a democratic government. -
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1988
The military reestablishes its power and the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) is formed. The military again crushes the pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds more. -
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1988
The National League for Democracy (NLD) is formed, with Aung San Suu Kyi as general secretary. -
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1988
Daw Khin Kyi, mother of Aung San Suu Kyi, dies. The funeral procession draws a huge crowd of supporters, which turns into a peaceful protest against military rule. -
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1990
Despite her continuing detention, the National League for Democracy wins a landslide victory in the general elections by securing 82 percent of the seats; the military junta refuses to recognise the results of the election. -
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1990
Awarded, in absentia, the 1990 Rafto Human Rights Prize. -
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1991
Awarded, in absentia, the 1990 Sakharov Prize (human rights prize of the European Parliament). -
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1991
The military regime retroactively amends the law under which Aung San Suu Kyi is held to allow for detention for up to five years without charge or trial.