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Son Sen

1930 - 1997

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Son Sen (Khmer: សុន សេន pronounced [son seːn]; 12 June 1930 – 15 June 1997), alias Comrade Khieu (សមមិត្តខៀវ) or "Brother Number 89", was a Cambodian Communist politician and soldier. A member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea/Party of Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge, from 1974 to 1992, Sen oversaw the Party's security apparatus, including the Santebal secret police and the notorious security prison S-21 at Tuol Sleng. Son Sen was responsible for ordering the massacre of more than 100,000 people in the Eastern Zone of Cambodia during the last six months of 1978. Sen was married to Yun Yat, who became the Party's minister of education and information. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Son Sen is the 7,379th most popular politician (down from 4,844th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 21st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Son Sen ranks 7,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Jakaya Kikwete, Olusegun Obasanjo, Johann Homann, Valko Chervenkov, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, and Léon Flameng. After him are Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Gero, Balaji Baji Rao, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Tokugawa Ienobu, and Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Son Sen ranks 144. Before him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Colin Dexter, Jasper Johns, Ted Hughes, Miljan Miljanić, and Dave Sexton. After him are Ken Naganuma, Robert Culp, Philippe Leroy, Rudolf E. Kálmán, John Barth, and Paul Poupard. Among people deceased in 1997, Son Sen ranks 87. Before him are Ernst Wilimowski, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Edward Mulhare, Samuel Fuller, Manfred von Ardenne, and Kunihiko Kodaira. After him are Jean Françaix, Gunpei Yokoi, Jacinto Quincoces, Giuseppe De Santis, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Francisco Aramburu.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Son Sen ranks 30 out of 136. Before him are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Tsui Hark (1950), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), and Ngô Đình Nhu (1910). After him are Lê Lợi (1384), Khải Định (1885), Minh Mạng (1791), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Trường Chinh (1907), and Lady Triệu (225).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Son Sen ranks 19. Before him are Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Madame Nhu (1924), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), and Ngô Đình Nhu (1910). After him are Lê Lợi (1384), Khải Định (1885), Minh Mạng (1791), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Trường Chinh (1907), and Nguyễn Huệ (1752).

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