Nuon Chea

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Nuon Chea was a senior Khmer Rouge leader and chief ideologue who served as Pol Pot’s deputy and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for his role in Cambodia’s genocidal regime.

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Label Occurrences
Nuon Chea canonical 8
Nuon Chea Lau Kim Lorn 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cambodian politician ⓘ
Khmer Rouge leader ⓘ
communist politician ⓘ
convicted war criminal ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYears 1960s–1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brother Number Two ⓘ
Long Reth ⓘ
Nuon Chea Lau Kim Lorn ⓘ
linked to: Nuon Chea
birthName Lau Kim Lorn ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
chargedWith crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide against the Cham Muslims ⓘ
genocide against the Vietnamese ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
convictedBy Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ⓘ
convictedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cambodia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-07-07 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 2014-08-07 ⓘ
2018-11-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-08-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Thammasat University ⓘ
employer Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chinese Cambodian ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
legalStatus sentenced to life imprisonment ⓘ
movement Khmer Rouge movement ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Rouge

Maoism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
notableAssociate Ieng Sary ⓘ
Khieu Samphan ⓘ
Pol Pot ⓘ
notableFor being Pol Pot’s deputy ⓘ
being the chief ideologue of the Khmer Rouge ⓘ
his role in Cambodia’s genocidal regime ⓘ
notableWork formulation of Khmer Rouge ideology ⓘ
perpetrated crimes against humanity in Cambodia ⓘ
enslavement ⓘ
extermination ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
other inhumane acts ⓘ
persecution on political grounds ⓘ
persecution on racial grounds ⓘ
persecution on religious grounds ⓘ
torture ⓘ
placeOfBirth Voat Kor, Battambang Province, Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Battambang
placeOfDeath Phnom Penh, Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Phnom Penh
placeOfDetention Kandal Province, Cambodia ⓘ
politicalParty Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge ⓘ
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
President of the People’s Assembly of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
chief ideologue of the Khmer Rouge ⓘ
roleInEvent architect of Khmer Rouge policies leading to mass killings ⓘ
senior leader in the Cambodian genocide ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambodian Civil War → keyFigure → Nuon Chea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → leader → Nuon Chea ⓘ
Nuon Chea → alsoKnownAs → Nuon Chea Lau Kim Lorn ⓘ
linked to: Nuon Chea
Son Sen → closeAssociate → Nuon Chea ⓘ
Lau Kim Lorn → birthNameOf → Nuon Chea ⓘ
Long Reth → alternativeNameOf → Nuon Chea ⓘ
Brother Number Two → aliasOf → Nuon Chea ⓘ