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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuon Chea canonical | 2 |
| Nuon Chea Lau Kim Lorn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1385755 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nuon Chea Context triple: [Cambodian Civil War, keyFigure, Nuon Chea]
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Pol Pot
Pol Pot was the leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the genocidal policies that led to the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people in the late 1970s.
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Lon Nol
Lon Nol was a Cambodian military general and politician who led the coup that overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk and headed the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic in the early 1970s.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk was the long-reigning Cambodian monarch and political leader whose shifting alliances and influence profoundly shaped Cambodia’s modern history, including its turbulent conflicts and regime changes.
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D.
King of Cambodia
The King of Cambodia is the constitutional monarch who serves as the ceremonial head of state and symbol of national unity in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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E.
Pham Van Dong
Pham Van Dong was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who served for decades as prime minister under Ho Chi Minh and later led North Vietnam through much of the Vietnam War and the early years of reunified Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nuon Chea Target entity description: 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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A.
Pol Pot
Pol Pot was the leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the genocidal policies that led to the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people in the late 1970s.
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B.
Lon Nol
Lon Nol was a Cambodian military general and politician who led the coup that overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk and headed the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic in the early 1970s.
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C.
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk was the long-reigning Cambodian monarch and political leader whose shifting alliances and influence profoundly shaped Cambodia’s modern history, including its turbulent conflicts and regime changes.
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D.
King of Cambodia
The King of Cambodia is the constitutional monarch who serves as the ceremonial head of state and symbol of national unity in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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E.
Pham Van Dong
Pham Van Dong was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who served for decades as prime minister under Ho Chi Minh and later led North Vietnam through much of the Vietnam War and the early years of reunified Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cambodian politician
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Khmer Rouge leader ⓘ communist politician ⓘ convicted war criminal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1960s–1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brother Number Two
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Long Reth ⓘ Nuon Chea ⓘ
surface form:
Nuon Chea Lau Kim Lorn
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| birthName | Lau Kim Lorn ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
crimes against humanity
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genocide against the Cham Muslims ⓘ genocide against the Vietnamese ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against humanity
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genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Cambodia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-07-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction |
2014-08-07
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2018-11-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-08-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Thammasat University ⓘ |
| employer |
Democratic Kampuchea
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surface form:
Democratic Kampuchea government
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| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese Cambodian ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | sentenced to life imprisonment ⓘ |
| movement |
Khmer Rouge
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surface form:
Khmer Rouge movement
Maoism ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| notableAssociate |
Ieng Sary
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Khieu Samphan ⓘ Pol Pot ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Pol Pot’s deputy
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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
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enslavement ⓘ extermination ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ other inhumane acts ⓘ persecution on political grounds ⓘ persecution on racial grounds ⓘ persecution on religious grounds ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Battambang
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surface form:
Voat Kor, Battambang Province, Cambodia
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| placeOfDeath |
Phnom Penh
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surface form:
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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| placeOfDetention | Kandal Province, Cambodia ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Communist Party of Kampuchea
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Khmer Rouge ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
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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
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senior leader in the Cambodian genocide ⓘ |
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Subject: Nuon Chea Description of subject: 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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