Nuon Chea
Cambodian politician and convicted war criminal (1926-2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nuon Chea (Khmer: នួន ជា; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019[3]) also known as Long Bunruot (Khmer: ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន), was a Cambodian former communist politician.
Quick Facts President of the Standing Committee of the Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly, President ...
Nuon Chea | |
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President of the Standing Committee of the Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly | |
In office 13 April 1976 – 7 January 1979 | |
President | Khieu Samphan |
Prime Minister | Pol Pot |
Deputy | Chhit Choeun |
Leader | Pol Pot (General Secretary) |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea | |
In office 27 September 1976 – 25 October 1976 | |
President | Khieu Samphan |
Leader | Pol Pot (General Secretary) |
Preceded by | Pol Pot |
Succeeded by | Pol Pot |
Personal details | |
Born | Lau Kim Lorn (1926-07-07)7 July 1926 Voat Kor, Battambang, French Indochina (now Cambodia) |
Died | August 4, 2019(2019-08-04) (aged 93) Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Political party | Communist Party |
Spouse(s) | Ly Kimseng[1] |
Children | Nuon Say,[2] 2 other children[1] |
Alma mater | Thammasat University |
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Nuon Chea was the oldest living former Prime Minister (serving for a month) and the oldest of the last surviving Khmer Rouge leaders. He was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge Regime and second in command of bloody Khmer Rouge regime he presided over.