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Aung San Suu Kyi pop art print - canvas giclee. Rolled canvas: 2" extra border for stretching. stretched canvas: 1 1/2" thick stretcher with black sides - ready to hang. If you are ordering a stretched canvas, you can now "ADD A FRAME"....link below https://www.etsy.com/listing/1542439484/add-a-frame?etsrc=sdt&utm_source=Copy&utm_.. other sizes & custom work available upon request. Aung San Suu Kyi [ born 19 June 1945] is a Burmese opposition politician & chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. in the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes & 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners. Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize & the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 & the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. in 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India & the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. in 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country, the fourth person ever to receive the honour. in 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal. On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was also presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States. On 1 April 2012, her party, the National League for Democracy, announced that she was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the Burmese parliament, representing the constituency of Kawhmu. Suu Kyi is the third child & only daughter of Aung San, considered to be the father of modern-day Burma. Signed & dated Aung San Suu Kyi Warhol Style Print
