POLITICIAN

Ieng Thirith

1932 - 2015

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Ieng Thirith (née Khieu; Khmer: អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ; 10 March 1932 – 22 August 2015) was an influential intellectual and politician in the Khmer Rouge, although she was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee. Ieng Thirith was the wife of Ieng Sary, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Kampuchea's Khmer Rouge regime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ieng Thirith has received more than 151,514 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ieng Thirith is the 6,725th most popular politician (up from 6,966th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 20th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Cambodian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ieng Thirith ranks 6,725 out of 19,576Before her are Charles Curtis, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, Ammuna, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Al-Mansur Ali, and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau. After her are Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, Ida of Lorraine, Aleksandar Tsankov, Manuel Ávila Camacho, and Dervan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ieng Thirith ranks 118Before her are Dieter Rams, Dušan Makavejev, Margit Korondi, Iskandar of Johor, Christy Brown, and Orlando Letelier. After her are Geraldine McEwan, Momoko Kōchi, Anna Moffo, Tavo Burat, Halston, and Tomohiko Ikoma. Among people deceased in 2015, Ieng Thirith ranks 97Before her are Satoru Iwata, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jenő Buzánszky, Ornette Coleman, Arsen Dedić, and Philippe Honoré. After her are Geraldine McEwan, Omar Karami, Eileen Essell, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Franzl Lang, and Jaakko Hintikka.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Ieng Thirith ranks 21 out of 40Before her are Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Sisowath of Cambodia (1840), Norodom Ranariddh (1944), Ang Duong (1796), and Yasovarman I (900). After her are Khieu Ponnary (1920), Haing S. Ngor (1940), Son Sann (1911), Ang Mey (1815), Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), and Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914).

Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Ieng Thirith ranks 19Before her are Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Sisowath of Cambodia (1840), Norodom Ranariddh (1944), Ang Duong (1796), and Yasovarman I (900). After her are Khieu Ponnary (1920), Son Sann (1911), Ang Mey (1815), Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914), and Penn Nouth (1906).