Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese Peace Prize Laureate, is the daughter of the renowned liberation struggle leader Aung San. She was opposed to all forms of violence and urged military commanders to give up control to a civilian government. The goal was to create a democratic society in which the country's ethnic groupings could coexist peacefully. The Nobel Peace Prize had a tremendous influence on rallying global support for Aung San Suu Kyi's cause. However, she was held under house arrest for nearly 15 of the 21 years between her arrest in July 1989 and her release on November 13, 2010, allowing her to restart her political career and leave her mark on Myanmar's gradual liberalization.
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