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Thiounn Mumm
Thiounn Mumm (8 December 1925 – 22 March 2022) was a Khmer civil servant, who served as Minister under the Khmer Rouge. He was also the first Cambodian to attend the Ecole Polytechnique. While some considered him a "racist political dynast" and condemned him for his collaboration with the atrocious regime of the Democratic Kampuchea, he defended himself from adhering to the ideologies of communism and presented himself merely as a Khmer nationalist. Biography From youth at the Palace to exile in France Thiounn Mumm was born in Phnom Penh on 8 December 1925 as the third child of Thiounn Hal and Bounchan Moly in the wealth bureaucratic family of Thiounn, his grandfather, who had been Minister of the Palace since 1904. His father Thiounn Hal was the first Cambodian to obtain lycee and university qualification in France. His mother Bunnchan Moly, was the sister of Lon Nol's future Minister of Cults, Bunchan Mil, the author of ''Kuk noyobay''. His two older brothers Prasit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by then Chief of State Norodom Sihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led dissidents, with whom he allied after his 1970 overthrow. The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the Viet Cong, the Pathet Lao, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Although it originally fought against Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge changed its position and supported Sihanouk on the advice of the CCP after he was overthrown in a 1970 coup by Lon Nol who established the pro-American Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign (Operation Freedom Deal) against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keng Vannsak
Keng Vannsak ( km, កេង វ៉ាន់សាក់, ; 19 September 1925 – 18 December 2008) was a Cambodian scholar, philosopher and Khmer linguist. He invented the Khmer typewriter keyboard in 1952. He lived in exile in Paris, France, from 1970 until his death in 2008. He died at the age of eighty-three at the hospital of Montmorency in the outskirts of Paris after suffering from a chronic illness. In modern Cambodia, Vannsak is known for being one of the influential figures for the next generations of Cambodian scholars and intellectuals. He left behind him a legacy in literature, including two drama plays, short stories, many poems and his research from the 1940s. Politically left-wing, he was a member of the radical Democratic Party, and stood unsuccessfully as its MP candidate in the 1955 elections. He was also a friend and mentor of Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot) while both of them were studying in Paris. Along with Iv Koeus and Khuon Sokhamphu, Keng Vann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarin Chhak
Sarin Chhak ( km, សារិន ឆាក; 2 January 1922 – 1979) was a Cambodian statesman and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1976. He died in 1979 in Vietnamese custody following the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. He was an expert in borders. He graduated with a PhD from the University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ... in 1966 with his thesis titled ''Les frontières du Cambodge'' (The Borders of Cambodia). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarin, Chhak 1922 births 1979 deaths Cambodian diplomats Cambodian expatriates in France Cambodian people imprisoned abroad Foreign ministers of Cambodia Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia People from Takéo province Prisoners and detainees of Vietnam Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu Nim
Hu Nim (, 25 July 1930 or 1932 – 6 July 1977), alias "Phoas" (), was a Cambodian Communist intellectual and politician who held a number of ministerial posts. His long political career included spells with the Sangkum regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Communist guerrilla resistance, the GRUNK coalition government-in-exile, and the administration of Democratic Kampuchea, when the country was controlled by the Communist Party of Kampuchea (the Khmer Rouge). Nim had a reputation as one of the most independent-minded and outspoken members of the Khmer Rouge, and was eventually arrested, tortured and executed at Tuol Sleng security prison in 1977 during a Party purge. Early life Hu Nim was born in 1932 (25 July 1932 according to some sources) in the village of Korkor, Kampong Siem District, Kampong Cham Province to a Chinese Cambodian, Sino-Khmer family. Unlike many of his later colleagues in the Party intelligentsia, he came from a poor background. In his 'confession' ''I wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Firyubin
Nikolay Pavlovich Firyubin (russian: Николай Павлович Фирюбин; 4 April 1908 – 12 February 1983) was a Soviet diplomat. Born in Simbirsk, he became a construction worker at age sixteen. After graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1935, he went to work in an aircraft factory, and soon became involved in government and party affairs. During the Second World War, he served as an adviser to the USSR State Defense Committee. Beginning in 1953, Firyubin filled various diplomatic positions – the Soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia and to Yugoslavia, the deputy foreign minister of the USSR, and the secretary general of the political advisory committee of the Warsaw Pact states. He served an increasingly public role in Soviet politics, including serving as deputy of the second convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Firyubin was notable for his marriage to Ekaterina Furtseva, Soviet Minister of Culture and first female member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keat Chhon
Keat Chhon ( km, គាត ឈន់; born 11 August 1934) is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Phnom Penh in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003. He was the Minister for Economy and Finance from 1994 to 2013. By 2018, he has retired from all public offices. He is one of the only political leaders to have served in the current government of Cambodia after serving under the Khmer rouge along with five other government officials: Senate President Chea Sim, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, National Assembly President Heng Samrin and Cambodian People's Party Senators Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka. According to researchers Justin Corfield and Laura Summers, he is "one of the most experienced technocrats in the government f Cambodia hohas succeeded in imposing greater budgetary controls on spending for years". Biography From Chhlong to Saclay: rise of the first Cambodian atomic engineer Keat Chhon was born in the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiounn Prasith
Thiounn Prasith ( km, ជួន ប្រសិទ្ធិ; born 3 February 1930) is a Cambodian politician and diplomat who worked for the Khmer Rouge regime. Born in Phnom Penh, he had two famous elder brothers: , Minister of Health; and Thiounn Mumm, Ministry of Industry. He was also a grandson of Thiounn. In September 1949, Thiounn Prasith went to study in France. He joined ''Cercle Marxiste'' ("Marxist Circle"), a Marxist–Leninist organisation which was created by Pol Pot and other two comrades. In late December 1955, he returned to Cambodia, and was appointed deputy manager of "operations" of the royal railways. In June 1963 he left for France for health reasons. After the 1970 coup, Thiounn Prasith joined GRUNK in Beijing. He was appointed the Minister of Coordination by Norodom Sihanouk. During the Khmer Rouge's regime, Thiounn Prasith worked as an interpreter in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also a close adviser to Ieng Sary. After Kampuchean were revoluted fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall Of Phnom Penh
The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally dependent on aerial resupply through Pochentong Airport. With a Khmer Rouge victory imminent, the United States government evacuated US nationals and allied Cambodians on 12 April 1975. On 17 April, the Khmer Republic government evacuated the city, intending to establish a new government center close to the Thai border to continue resistance. Later that day, the last defences around Phnom Penh were overrun and the Khmer Rouge occupied Phnom Penh. Captured Khmer Republic forces were taken to the Olympic Stadium where they were executed; senior government and military leaders were forced to write confessions prior to their executions. The Kh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Cambodian Coup D'état
The 1970 Cambodian coup d'état ( km, រដ្ឋប្រហារឆ្នាំ១៩៧០, french: Coup d'État de 1970) was the removal of the Cambodian Chief of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, after a vote in the National Assembly on 18 March 1970. Emergency powers were subsequently invoked by the Prime Minister Lon Nol, who became effective head of state, and led ultimately to the removal of Queen Sisowath Kossamak and the proclamation of the Khmer Republic later that year. It is generally seen as a turning point in the Cambodian Civil War. No longer a monarchy, Cambodia was semi-officially called ''"État du Cambodge"'' (State of Cambodia) in the intervening six months after the coup, until the republic was proclaimed. It also marked the change of Cambodia involvement in the Vietnam War, as Lon Nol issued an ultimatum to North Vietnamese forces to leave Cambodia. Background Since independence from France in 1954, Cambodia had been led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddha's Birthday
Buddha's Birthday (also known as Buddha Jayanti, also known as his day of enlightenment – Buddha Purnima, Buddha Pournami) is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of East Asia and South Asia commemorating the birth of the Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, Gautama Buddha was born c. 563–483 BCE in Lumbini, Lumbini, Nepal. Archaeologists from Durham University working in Nepal have uncovered evidence of a structure at the birthplace of the Buddha dating to the sixth century B.C. using a combination of radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence techniques The exact date of Buddha's birthday is based on the Asian lunisolar calendars. The date for the celebration of Buddha's birthday varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar, but usually falls in April or May. In leap years it may be celebrated in June. In South Asia, South and Southeast Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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