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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 communist 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuon Chea has received more than 795,941 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nuon Chea is the 1,391st most popular politician (up from 5,771st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Cambodia (up from 18th in 2019) 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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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nuon Chea ranks 1,391 out of 19,576. Before him are Gyeongjong of Joseon, Omar Bongo, An Lushan, Teti, Harold Wilson, and Ezer Weizman. After him are Psamtik I, Abel, King of Denmark, Aristide Briand, Stjepan Mesić, Chlodio, and Isabella Clara Eugenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Nuon Chea ranks 20. Before him are Klaus Kinski, Sathya Sai Baba, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Jerry Lewis, and Ben Roy Mottelson. After him are Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Hugh Hefner, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Paul Bocuse, and Thích Nhất Hạnh. Among people deceased in 2019, Nuon Chea ranks 13. Before him are Jeffrey Epstein, Rutger Hauer, Robert Forster, Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Mohamed Morsi. After him are Peter Fonda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Karel Gott, I. M. Pei, Alexei Leonov, and Anna Karina.

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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), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Jayavarman II (800), and Ta Mok (1926).

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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), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Jayavarman II (800), and Suryavarman II (1095).

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