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Nuon Chea

នួន ជា
Political and party leadership Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) Cambodia Cambodia 1926–2019 ○ Died in custody serving life sentence

Deputy Secretary of the CPK, 'Brother Number Two'

Convicted of genocide against the Cham and Vietnamese in November 2018, he died on 4 August 2019 while serving his sentence and his appeal was pending; the Supreme Court Chamber found no legal grounds to annul the judgment and let the trial findings stand.

Cambodian revolutionary and chief ideologist of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge), serving as its Deputy Secretary. Known as 'Brother Number Two' to Pol Pot, he chaired the People's Representative Assembly and briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. Convicted of crimes against humanity in 2014, he was given a life sentence on 16 November 2018 for genocide against the Vietnamese and Cham and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.

Career timeline
  • 1960–1998Deputy Secretary and chief ideologist of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
  • 1970Played a major role in negotiating North Vietnamese entry into Cambodia
  • 1976–1979Chairman of the People's Representative Assembly of Democratic Kampuchea and briefly acting Prime Minister
  • 1998Surrendered to Cambodian government forces in December
  • 2007Arrested on 19 September
  • 2014Sentenced to life for crimes against humanity in Case 002/01 on 7 August, upheld on appeal on 23 November 2016
  • 2018Convicted in Case 002/02 on 16 November of genocide against the Cham and Vietnamese, with the life sentences merged into one

Pol Pot

ប៉ុល ពត
Political and party leadership Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) Cambodia Cambodia ?–1998

Leader of Democratic Kampuchea

In April 1975 the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh and emptied a city of some two million overnight, driving the people out to the countryside.

Leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea. His 1975–1979 regime imposed forced evacuation, labor, collectivized farming and political purges. War with Vietnam ended its control of Phnom Penh, but the Khmer Rouge continued as an armed movement.

Career timeline
  • 1953Returned from France and joined the Khmer Việt Minh
  • 1963–1981General Secretary, Communist Party of Kampuchea
  • 1976–1979Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
  • 1979Overthrown by the Vietnamese invasion, retreated to the jungle near the Thai border
  • 1985–1997Led the remnant Khmer Rouge as Director of the Higher Institute of National Defence
  • 1998Placed under house arrest by Ta Mok, then died