She is the daughter of Burma's revered founder,General Aung San, who was assassinated just months before the country gained independence.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

The resolution expresses the General Assembly's "grave concern" over the recent trial, conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her return to house arrest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Within hours of holding talks with Burma's leader General Than Shwe in the administrative capital Naypyitaw, Senator Jim Webb flew to Rangoon and met with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a government guest house.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Suu Kyi is the daughter of Burma's independence hero, General Aung San, assassinated when she was only two.

BBC: Aung San Suu Kyi: 'I have personal regrets'

The daughter of General Aung San, a hero of Burmese independence, Suu Kyi has repeatedly challenged Myanmar's regime over the years.

CNN: Suu Kyi to Davos: Myanmar must reconnect with world

Her popularity also comes in part from being the daughter of General Aung San, a hero of Burma's campaign for independence from British rule in the 1940s.

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