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Nuon Chea

1926 - 2019

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Nuon Chea (Khmer: នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot (Khmer: ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi (រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី Thai: รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (Khmer: បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979. In 2014, Nuon Chea received a life sentence for crimes against humanity, alongside another top-tier Khmer Rouge leader, Khieu Samphan, and a further trial convicted him of genocide in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nuon Chea is the 1,335th most popular politician (up from 1,391st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Cambodia and the 3rd most popular Cambodian Politician.

Nuon Chea is most famous for being one of the Khmer Rouge leaders who was convicted of crimes against humanity.

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Among politicians, Nuon Chea ranks 1,335 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohamed Naguib, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Henry of Flanders, Kim Jong-suk, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Carol I of Romania. After him are Henry the Lion, Feodor III of Russia, Khamtai Siphandon, Ion Iliescu, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, and Carol II of Romania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Nuon Chea ranks 19. Before him are Vasily Arkhipov, Donald A. Glaser, Klaus Kinski, René Goscinny, Sathya Sai Baba, and Svetlana Alliluyeva. After him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Andrzej Wajda, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Irwin Rose, and Harper Lee. Among people deceased in 2019, Nuon Chea ranks 14. Before him are Robert Mugabe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, and Bruno Ganz. After him are Peter Mayhew, Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and Peter Fonda.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 3 out of 40. Before him are Pol Pot (1925), and Norodom Sihanouk (1922). After him are Lon Nol (1913), Hun Sen (1952), Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Ta Mok (1926), and Jayavarman II (800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 3. Before him are Pol Pot (1925), and Norodom Sihanouk (1922). After him are Lon Nol (1913), Hun Sen (1952), Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Jayavarman II (800), and Yasovarman I (900).

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