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{{infobox person
|name=Aung San Suu Kyi
|birth_date=June 19, 1945 (age 75)
|birth_place=Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar)
}}
[[File:Suu Kyi Outcry.jpg|thumb|240px|Outcry grows over Suu Kyi charges (May, 2009).]]
[[File:Suu Kyi Outcry.jpg|thumb|240px|Outcry grows over Suu Kyi charges (May, 2009).]]
'''Aung San Suu Kyi''' (June 19, 1945, [[Rangoon]] - ) is the leader of the National League for Democracy in [[Burma]] and a former [[prisoner of conscience]]. The daughter of [[Burma|Burmese]] national hero Aung San, Suu Kyi is a pro-[[democracy]] activist committed to non-violence; she has been called the "[[Nelson Mandela]] of [[Asia]]". A [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], Suu Kyi won the Sakharov and Rafto Prizes for Freedom of Thought in 1990. In 1991, she also became a [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobelist]] for her peaceful fight against a [[dictatorship]].
'''Aung San Suu Kyi''' (June 19, 1945, [[Rangoon]] - ) is the leader of the National League for Democracy in [[Burma]] and a former [[prisoner of conscience]]. The daughter of [[Burma|Burmese]] national hero Aung San, Suu Kyi is a pro-[[democracy]] activist committed to non-violence; she has been called the "[[Nelson Mandela]] of [[Asia]]". A [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], Suu Kyi won the Sakharov and Rafto Prizes for Freedom of Thought in 1990. In 1991, she also became a [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobelist]] for her peaceful fight against a [[dictatorship]].