Aung San Suu Kyi's father was a famous general called General Aung San.He had organized the Burma Independence Army and led Burma to freedom both from Japanese occupation in World War II and from British colonial rule.
Suu Kyi's mother, Daw Khin Kyi, was a remarkable woman herself.She held important government posts in the earliest years of Burma's independence.
Both parents played an important part in her life. As her father's daughter, Suu Kyi always remembered his dreams about Burma, and became a freedom fighter. As her mother's daughter, she returned to Burma after a youth spent in other countries, leaving behind her husband so that she could look after her ailing mother.
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Suu Kyi attended Catholic schools in Rangoon.
"I didn't grow up Catholic, but I went to a Catholic school. It was a missionary school like they had in Burma in those days. The majority of us were Buddhists, so we had a "morals class" [laughs]. It would sound very, very funny to young people today. They'd probably think it was very funny! [Laughter.] I have to confess I really can't remember much of what we were taught in those classes. Later we learned some poems which were supposed to inspire and teach us in good ways. The fact that I can still remember some of these poems seems to indicate these lessons did have an impression.
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When she was fifteen, her mother was appointed ambassador to India. For the first time, Suu Kyi lived and studied in a foreign country.She finished her schooling, and her graduate degree. She read the works of Mahatma Gandhi.
