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Nuon Chea (left) during a lecture to Khmer Rouge cadres. From left to right, first row Vorn Vet, Ta Mok, unknown, Ke Pok, second row Khieu Samphan, unknown, Ieng Sary.
In a staged photograph, a troop of Khmer Rouge guerrillas file through the jungle of western Cambodia. Pol Pot strides out in the lead, followed by his personal bodyguard and then Brother No 2, Nuon Chea. Ieng Sary (in black) is 11th from left. The message to the Vietnamese and the outside world: 'We're still here and a viable force'.
The Khmer Rouge top leadership Pol Pot (Brother No. 1, turning away, centre) and Nuon Chea (Brother No. 2, left).<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria).<br/><br/> Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide.
In a staged photograph, a troop of Khmer Rouge guerrillas file through the jungle of western Cambodia. Pol Pot strides out in the lead, followed by his personal bodyguard and then Brother No 2, Nuon Chea. Ieng Sary (in black) is 11th from left. The message to the Vietnamese and the outside world: "We're still here and a viable force".
This is a rare picture of Nuon Chea, 'Brother No 2' and Pol Pot's closest confidant, during the Democratic Kampuchea period. Nuon Chea, aka Long Bunruot, was born in Battambang Province in 1926. A Sino-Khmer, originally named Lau Ben Kon, he studied at Bangkok's Thammasat University before going on to become the most secretive and ruthless Khmer Rouge theoretician.<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.
This is a rare picture of Nuon Chea, 'Brother No 2' and Pol Pot's closest confidant, during the Democratic Kampuchea period. Nuon Chea, aka Long Bunruot, was born in Battambang Province in 1926. A Sino-Khmer, originally named Lau Ben Kon, he studied at Bangkok's Thammasat University before going on to become the most secretive and ruthless Khmer Rouge theoretician.
The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh. .
Khmer Rouge Leadership: Son Sen (left, spectacles), Ieng Sary (gesturing and talking to Son Sen) and Nuon Chea in a line at Pochentong Airport, Phnom Penh, c.1977. This is a rare picture of Nuon Chea, 'Brother No 2' and Pol Pot's closest confidant, from the Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) period.
The Khmer Rouge Leadership at Pochentong Airport c. 1976. Left to right: Unknown, Khieu Ponnary, Nuon Chea, Vorn Vet, Ieng Sary (partly obscured), Pol Pot, Yun Yat (partly obscured), Ieng Thirith.<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.
Khmer Rouge Leadership: Pol Pot = Brother No 1, Nuon Chea = Brother No 2, Ieng Sary = Brother No 3. Son Sen, Vorn Vet.
This is a picture of Nuon Chea, 'Brother No 2' and Pol Pot's closest confidant, during the Democratic Kampuchea resistance to the Vietnamese installed government, probably around 1992, when the Khmer Rouge regime was still recognised by the United Nations.<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.
Khmer Rouge leadership at Anlong Veng c1996 (in opposition). Left to Right: Son Sen, Khieu Samphan, Nuon Chea, Pol Pot, Yun Yat (wife of Son Sen). Khmer Rouge photograph.
The future Khmer Rouge top leadership Pol Pot (Brother No. 1) and Nuon Chea (Brother No. 2) in the jungle, probably on the Vietnamese-Cambodian frontier in Ratanakiri Province.<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.