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Chea
Chea is a surname in various cultures. Origins Chea may be a Cambodian surname ( km, ជា; ). That surname is derived from the Chinese surname Xiè (), specifically Southern Min pronunciations of that surname, e.g. Hokkien Chinese (). Other spellings derived from Southern Min pronunciations of that Chinese surname include Chia and Cheah. Chea may also be an alternative spelling of the Korean surname more commonly romanised as Chae (; IPA: ). Statistics French government statistics show 161 people with the surname Chea born in France from 1991 to 2000, 230 from 1981 to 1990, 45 from 1971 to 1980, five from 1961 to 1970, and none in earlier time periods. The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name usually romanised as Chae. This surname is only rarely spelled as Chea; in a study based on year 2007 applications for South Korean passports, 87.8% of the applicants chose to spell this surname as Chae, and 7.5% as Chai, as compared to only 1.7% who chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuon Chea
Nuon Chea ( km, នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot ( km, ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi ( th, รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" ( km, បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979. In 2014, Nuon Chea received a life sentence for crimes against humanity, alongside another top-tier Khmer Rouge leader, Khieu Samphan, and a further trial convicted him of genocide in 2018. These life sentences were merged into a single life sentence by the Trial Chamber on 16 November 2018. He died while serving his sentence in 2019. Early life Nuon Chea was born as Lao K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Sim
Chea Sim ( km, ជា ស៊ីម; 15 November 19328 June 2015) was a Cambodian politician. He was President of the Cambodian People's Party from 1991 to 2015, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1981 to 1998 (Vice President from June to October 1993) and President of the Senate from 1999 to 2015. His official title was Samdech Akka Moha Thomma Pothisal Chea Sim ( km, សម្តេចអគ្គមហាធម្មពោធិ៍សាល ជា ស៊ីម, link=no). Life and career Chea Sim was born on 15 November 1932, in Romeas Haek, Svay Rieng Province to an ethnic Chinese family. As a young man, he partook in one of the first revolutionary movement by the communist Khmer People's Revolutionary Party (Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា, KPRP), currently the ruling party of Cambodia. The movement which he joined was against Colonial France in the early 1950s. He later became a military comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Cheapoo
Chea Job Cheapoo, Sr. (2 November 1942 – 16 September 2020) was a Liberian politician who served as the 15th Chief Justice of Liberia from July 1987 until his impeachment and removal from office on December 2 of that year. His full rights were later restored by an act of legislature. Early life and education Cheapoo was born on 2 November 1942 in Kiteabo, which was located in the former Webbo District of Grand Gedeh County. He studied first at the Assembly of God school in Pleebo, then at Monrovia College. In 1961, he earned a diploma in bookkeeping from the Booker Washington Institute. He graduated from the North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1970. Entry into politics After earning his law degree, Cheapoo returned to Liberia and joined the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He later became an assistant minister in the Ministry of Justice. Cheapoo served in the late 1970s as a Senator from Grand Gedeh County as a member of the ruling True Whig Party, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Vichea
Chea Vichea ( km, ជា វិជ្ជា) was the leader of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) until his assassination on Chinese New Year, 22 January 2004. Following his death, he was succeeded in his position at the FTUWKC by his younger brother Chea Mony. Vichea was shot in the head and chest early in the morning while reading a newspaper at a kiosk in Daun Penh district, Phnom Penh. He had recently been dismissed by the INSM Garment Factory (located in the Chum Chao District of Phnom Penh) as a reprisal for helping to establish a trade union at the company. He also had close affiliations with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party. Investigation A few days after Vichea's killing, and facing mounting criticism for their failure to act, Cambodian authorities arrested two men and charged them with the murder. The first, Born Samnang, was arrested in Prey Veng Province and transferred to Phnom Penh overnight. He initially admitted to the killing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie (surname)
Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, the majority of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe and Africa. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016. It is also very common in the east Asian diaspora which historically tended to have disproportionately emigrated out of southern China. A 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname.Tanghe County and Taikang County of Henan Province: the origin of surname Xie , en.hnta.cn. In 2019 it was again the 23rd most common surname in Mainland China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheah
Xie (; ) is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, the majority of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe and Africa. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the List of common Chinese surnames#Taiwan, 13th most common surname in 2016. It is also very common in the east Asian diaspora which historically tended to have Overseas Chinese#History, disproportionately emigrated out of southern China. A 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname.Tanghe County and Taikang County of Henan Province: the origin of surname Xie , en.hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Song-joo
Chea Song-joo (Hangul:채송주) (born August 19, 1998) is a South Korean figure skater. She finished 13th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships. Career 2014–15 season Chea competed at the 2014 Lombardia Trophy, obtaining the minimum TES for Four Continents. Back in Korea, she ranked 4th at the qualification event, the KSU President Cup Ranking Competition, which gives her the spot to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Championships to be held in Seoul, South Korea. 2015 Four Continents is first ISU competition for her. She got her personal best scores in short, free-skate and the combined total at 2015 Four Continents 2015–16 season Chea competed at the JGP qualification competition held in South Korea and placed 5th place with total score 144.71, so she was given a spot for the JGP series. Chea placed 13th at her JGP in Toruń, Poland. At the 2015 Volvo Open Cup, she placed 11th in the short program, 8th in the free skate, and 8th overall. Programs Competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Chea Urruela
José Luis Chea Urruela is a Guatemalan politician who served as Minister of Culture and Sports from January 2016 to November 2018 under the government of Jimmy Morales. Chea Urruela graduated from the Xavier Lyceum in Guatemala City in 1971. He subsequently earned a law degree from the Rafael Landívar University in 1978 and a master of international relations from Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ... in 1981. He was the Productivity and Work Party candidate in the 2019 Guatemalan general election. References Living people Government ministers of Guatemala Year of birth missing (living people) {{Guatemala-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Samnang
Chea Samnang (born 15 May 1994) is a Cambodian footballer who plays for the Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng in the Cambodian League and the Cambodia national football team The Cambodia national football team represents Cambodia in association football and is administered by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). Operated under the name Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975, it was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's .... References 1994 births Living people Cambodian footballers Cambodia international footballers Association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Cambodia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Soth
Chea Soth ( km, ជា សុទ្ធ; 3 March 192821 January 2012) was a Cambodian politician. He belonged to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Prey Veng Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia The National Assembly ( km, រដ្ឋសភា, ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referred to as the lower house, with the Senate being referred to as the upper house. The National Assembly is an elec ... in 2003. He was Minister of Planning in the PRK government from 1982 to 1993. Chea Soth died on 21 January 2012, at the age of 83. References 1928 births People's Republic of Kampuchea Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) Cambodian People's Party politicians 2012 deaths {{Cambodia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chea Sophara
Chea Sophara ( km, ជា សុផារ៉ា; born 20 March 1953) is a Cambodian politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction since 2016. From 2008 to 2016, he was Minister of Rural Development. He was also the Governor of Phnom Penh from 1998 to 2003. He is a Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... for Tbong Khmum Province, since 2018. References 1953 births Living people People from Kampong Cham province Deputy Prime Ministers of Cambodia Cambodian People's Party politicians Government ministers of Cambodia Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) Governors of Phnom Penh {{Cabinet of Cambodia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Chea
Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group integrates jazz with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several Grammy Awards as well as Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award and nominations for the NAACP Image Award. The band has worked with Ray Charles, Nnenna Freelon, Gordon Goodwin, Don Henley, Whitney Houston, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, k.d. lang, Queen Latifah, The Manhattan Transfer, Johnny Mathis, Brian McKnight, Luis Miguel, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, Ben Tankard, Randy Travis, CeCe Winans, Stevie Wonder and Jacob Collier. All original members grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Biography Oakwood College years In 1980, Claude McKnight, older brother of R&B musician Brian McKnight, formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estates Quartet, at Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), a Seventh-day Adventist university in Huntsville, Alabama, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
