Alexander Aris Aung San Suu Kyi Sons

They married in a buddhist ceremony.

Alexander aris aung san suu kyi sons. Suu kyi was placed under house arrest for six years. The couple was blessed with two sons alexander aris and kim in 1972 and 1977 respectively. After spending a year in bhutan they settled in north oxford where they raised their two sons alexander aris and kim aris. Mr aris is the younger of the two sons of ms suu kyi and her late husband the british academic michael aris whom she met while they were both studying at oxford university in the early 1970s.

Since 1988 when suu kyi left her family in britain to return home and care for her sick mother she has rarely seen kim or her older son alexander. The couple raised their two sons in england i knew there would be problems she said of her mid life decision to go into politics. Aris told the observer then for the first time the story of their lives together. She met him while she was working for the united nations.

After becoming involved in the student uprising. Aung san suu kyi married michael aris in 1971 and gave birth to first son alexander a year later second son kim born in 1977 separation starts in 1988 when suu kyi returns to burma in 1989. Born 12 april 1973 is the elder son of aung san suu kyi and michael aris. Alexander myint san aung aris burmese.

She has become an icon of popular hope and longing. Suu kyi doesn t often speak of kim or of his older brother alexander or of the years she spent in oxford raising the boys with her husband academic michael aris. Aung san suu kyi tied the nuptial knot in the year 1971 to dr micheal aris a scholar of tibetan culture.