Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Longtime Pro-Democracy Leader

Aung San Suu Kyi became secretary-general of the newly formed National League for Democracy in 1988. The next year she is detained at her home for endangering the state. (Reuters)

Aung San Suu Kyi was barred from running in 1990 general elections. Her NLD party won a majority but the military refused to relinquish power. (Reuters)

Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights." She was under house arrest and could not go to the ceremony, which was attended by her husband and sons. (Reuters)

Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in 2003 after her supporters clashed with pro-government demonstrators. Her arrest sparked several protests. (AP)

The pro-democracy leader was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2009 after an American swam across a lake to her compound. (AP)

Aung San Suu Kyi walks to her political office in November, 2010 after being freed from house arrest. (AP)

Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her NLD party's headquarters on November 18, 2011. Party leaders say she might run in upcoming parliamentary elections. (AP)

Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the election commission office to register her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), for any upcoming elections. (Reuters)

Aung San Suu Kyi meets Upper House Parliamentary Speaker Khin Aung Myint during her visit to the parliament on December 23, 2011. (Reuters)

On May 29, 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi headed to Thailand for her first international trip in two decades.