Nuon Chea

@Cambodian Men, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nuon Chea is a former Cambodian politician commonly known as “Brother Number two” Cancer Celebrities Cambodian Criminals Leaders Nuon Chea is a former Cambodian communist politician, the most senior living Khmer Rouge leader. He was second in command only to the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot during the bloody Cambodian Genocide, and was therefore known as “Brother Number Two”. A highly secretive and cruel man who played a major role in inciting violent crimes against humanity causing grave infringement of human rights, he was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life in 2014. Even though the verdict came decades after the Khmer Rouge had fallen, the wounds of the past are still fresh in the minds of the Cambodians, many of whom lost everything they had in the genocide. In his eighties, he is the oldest among the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders and his arrest offered little solace to the families of the victims who lost their lives because of him. Born into a humble family, he had a normal upbringing and studied law as a young man at a prestigious university. However, the course of his life changed when he joined the Thai Communist Party and underwent a drastic conversion in his ideologies. He became closely associated with Pol Pot and soon rose to become one of the top-most leaders of the Khmer Rouge.

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Birthday: July 7, 1926 Nationality: Cambodian Famous: Cambodian Men, Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge, Criminals, Leaders Nick names: Brother Number Two Spouses: Ly Kimseng Known as: Long Bunruot, Lau Ben Kon, Rungloet Laodi, Brother Number Two Childrens: Nuon Say Information Detail Birthday July 7, 1926 Nationality Cambodian Famous Cambodian Men, Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge, Criminals, Leaders Nick names Brother Number Two Spouses Ly Kimseng Known as Long Bunruot, Lau Ben Kon, Rungloet Laodi, Brother Number Two Childrens Nuon Say Universities Thammasat University Birth Place Voat Kor Gender Male Father Lao Liv Mother Dos Peanh Sun Sign Cancer Born in Voat Kor Famous as Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge

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He is married to Ly Kimseng and is the father of three children, including Nuon Say. Unsplash Personal Life

He was arrested at his home in Pailin on 19 September 2007 and taken to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh. He was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. In August 2014 he was convicted by Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life. Unsplash Personal Life

Nuon Chea was born as Lau Kim Lorn at Voat Kor, Battambang on 7 July 1926 at the home of Lao Liv and his wife Dos Peanh. His father was a corn farmer cum trader while his mother worked as a tailor. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His mother was the daughter of a Chinese immigrant and he was raised in both Chinese and Khmer customs. He received his early education in Thai, French and Khmer. He joined the Thammasat University in Bangkok during the 1940s to study law. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1947, he joined the leftist Thai Youth Organization. Many of the members of this organization were already members of the Thai communist party, but he personally did not join the party until 1950. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In January 1950, he joined the Thai communist party and also started working part-time at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Around this time something took over him and he abandoned his studies and job to join the anti-colonial struggle in Cambodia. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In September 1960, he was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Workers Party of Kampuchea (later renamed as the Communist Party of Kampuchea). Closely associated with Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, he was the second in command which earned him the nickname “Brother Number two”. Unsplash Career

In 1970, he played a major role in negotiating the North Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. The activities of the Khmer Rouge were aimed at bringing down the administration of the then Prime Minister of Cambodia, Lon Nol. Unsplash Career

Nuon Chea asked for help from North Vietnamese forces who entered Cambodia in massive numbers in April-May 1970 in response to his request. With the help of the North Vietnamese, five provinces of Cambodia were liberated in ten days. Unsplash Career

The Vietnamese forces occupied a major portion of the territory of Cambodia in 1970—in fact, almost a quarter, and communist control over the region expanded considerably during the period. Unsplash Career

Pol Pot and Nuon Chea enjoyed very good relations with the North Vietnamese leaders. The North Vietnamese had more trust in Chea although he consistently deceived them and misled them about the real intentions of the Khmer Rouge. Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	July 7, 1926
Nationality	Cambodian
Famous	Cambodian Men, Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge, Criminals, Leaders
Nick names	Brother Number Two
Spouses	Ly Kimseng
Known as	Long Bunruot, Lau Ben Kon, Rungloet Laodi, Brother Number Two
Childrens	Nuon Say
Universities	Thammasat University
Birth Place	Voat Kor
Gender	Male
Father	Lao Liv
Mother	Dos Peanh
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	Voat Kor
Famous as	Chief Ideologist of the Khmer Rouge

Nuon Chea

Cambodian

Jul 7, 1926

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Voat Kor