Ruler · 1926 – 2019

Nuon Chea

Lived 1926 – 2019; revolutionary, politician. Prime Minister of Cambodia of Khmer Republic, 1976. The atlas files them under French Indochina.

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Lived: 1926 – 2019; 93 years
Lines: 1; Khmer Republic
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of Cambodia

Khmer Republic · the 16th of 17 dated reigns · 1962 – 1979

12 before

Peter Khoy Saukam1975

Penn Nouth1975 – 1976

Khieu Samphan1976

Nuon Chea1976

Pol Pot1976 – 1979

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1976 · under a year · came to it aged 50

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1976; they died in 2019

…ed Pol Pot a paragon of kindness'?"The Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly held its first plenary session during 11–13 April 1976, where Chea was elected president of its Standing Committee.

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