British civil rights activist (born 1973)
Alexander Aris
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Born
| Alexander Myint San Aung Aris
(
1973-04-12
)
12 April 1973
(age 51)
London, England
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Alma mater
| Northern Illinois University
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Occupation
| Civil rights activist
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Parents
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Relatives
| Aung San
(grandfather)
Khin Kyi
(grandmother)
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Alexander Myint San Aung Aris
(
Burmese
:
??????????????
,
pronounced
[mj????
s?a??
a???]
; born 12 April 1973) is the elder son of
Aung San Suu Kyi
and
Michael Aris
. He is also a grandson of
Aung San
, who is credited with achieving the independence of Myanmar (although he was assassinated in 1947, six months before the independence). He has been representing his mother, who has been detained by the military junta for years; he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for her, and on many other awards and occasions, he has represented her.
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Early life
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Aris was born on 12 April 1973 at
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital
in
Hammersmith
,
London
[3]
to Aung San Suu Kyi and Michael Aris. His younger brother Kim Aris was born in 1977. His family home was in
Park Town
,
North Oxford
. In March 1988, his mother returned to Burma in order to nurse her dying mother
Daw Khin Kyi
, the wife of
Aung San
.
[4]
She did not return to Oxford until June 2012, having been placed under house arrest in Burma for political reasons in 1989.
Education
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Aris was educated at two private schools in his home city of
Oxford
: at
Dragon School
, a co-educational preparatory school, followed by
Magdalen College School
, a senior school for boys, which he left in 1990. He graduated from
Northern Illinois University
in the United States and received a
MSc
in
Mathematical Sciences
.
Life after mother's detention
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In 1989, Alexander and his brother Kim were both stripped of their Burmese citizenships by the ruling junta (military government). The two brothers are British nationals.
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In 1988, when Kim Aris was only 11, his mother had to leave their home in
Oxford
to look after her dying mother in Burma.
[6]
In 1991, Alexander's mother
Aung San Suu Kyi
won the
Nobel Peace Prize
for her efforts in Burma. At the time, Alexander Aris (age 18) and his brother Kim Aris (age 14) accepted the prize on their mother's behalf.
[7]
The Nobel Peace Prize's 1.3 million
USD
prize money was used to establish a
health
and
education
trust for the Burmese people.
[8]
Over the years, Aris has accepted many awards and given many speeches on behalf of his mother. They include accepting The Award of the International Human Rights Law Group; welcoming the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Spain;
[9]
and accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the US.
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After his father's death in 1999, Aris visited his mother for a short time.
References
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"The Macon Telegraph 11 Dec 1991, page 12"
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Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
2022-12-06
.
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"York Daily Record 11 Dec 1991, page 4"
.
Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
2022-12-06
.
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Wintle, Justin (2008-03-18).
Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience
. Simon and Schuster.
ISBN
978-1-62636-754-8
.
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Stanford, Peter (22 June 2012).
"The pain of Aung Sun Suu Kyi's sons, parted from their mother for 25 years"
.
The Daily Telegraph
.
Archived
from the original on 26 May 2014
. Retrieved
21 April
2014
.
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"Myanmar back on a roadmap to nowhere"
. Asia Times Online. 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
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The pain of Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s sons, parted from their mother for 25 years
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"The News and Observer 11 Dec 1991, page 18"
.
Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
2022-12-06
.
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Miller, J. E.
Who's who in contemporary women's writing.
p. 22. Routledge, 2001.
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"By Aung San Suu Kyi (Statements, Speeches, Writings, Interviews)"
. Online Burma/Myanmar Library.
Archived
from the original on 2010-06-01.
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"Clinton honours Burma's Suu Kyi"
.
BBC News
.
BBC
. 7 December 2000.
Archived
from the original on 22 June 2009.
External links
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