She entered politics as the leader of the newly formed National League for Democracy after the ruling socialist resigned.
This woman's father was assassinated shortly before he would have become his country's first prime minister following British rule, when she was two years old. She entered politics as the leader of the newly formed National League for Democracy after the ruling socialist resigned. However, a military junta had seized power. They called for a general election, and in 1990, she was elected Prime Minister of her country, her party winning 59% of the vote. The junta, however, threw out the results and instead placed her under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years. The junta is now headed by Than Shwe. Name this Burmese winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
This woman's father was assassinated shortly before he would have become his country's first prime minister following British rule, when she was two years old.
{Aung San Suu Kyi}