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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 747,905 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nuon Chea is the 5,786th most popular politician (down from 3,048th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 17th 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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  • 31

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  • 3.36

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nuon Chea ranks 5,786 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexander Orlov, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Abba Eban, Jonathan Apphus, Bocchus I, and Yeongnyu of Goguryeo. After him are Göran Persson, Wazner, Tokugawa Iesada, Yisrael Kristal, Noe Zhordania, and Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Nuon Chea ranks 108. Before him are Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Hugo Banzer, and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. After him are Zinaida Portnova, Galina Vishnevskaya, Efraín Ríos Montt, Henry Molaison, Yevgeny Leonov, and John Derek. Among people deceased in 2019, Nuon Chea ranks 88. Before him are André Previn, Alan García, Dušan Makavejev, Mirjana Marković, Dragoslav Šekularac, and Ginger Baker. After him are Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Nikolai Kardashev, Felice Gimondi, Peter Lindbergh, Girish Karnad, and Köbi Kuhn.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 19 out of 35. Before him are Suryavarman II (1095), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Ta Mok (1926), Kang Kek Iew (1942), Ram Khamhaeng (1237), and Sisowath of Cambodia (1840). After him are Ang Duong (1796), Ieng Thirith (1932), Yasovarman I (900), Haing S. Ngor (1940), Ang Mey (1815), and Son Sann (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 17. Before him are Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Suryavarman II (1095), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Ram Khamhaeng (1237), and Sisowath of Cambodia (1840). After him are Ang Duong (1796), Ieng Thirith (1932), Yasovarman I (900), Ang Mey (1815), Son Sann (1911), and Khuang Aphaiwong (1902).

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