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Known
as “Brother Number Two,” Nuon Chea
was born in 1925 in a part of
Cambodia that was later administered by Thailand (1940-1946).
After attending university in Bangkok, he joined the Communist
Party of Thailand in 1950.
A few months later he returned home and transferred his |
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membership to the Indochinese Communist Party. In 1960, Nuon
Chea became a member of the Cambodian communist party, the
deputy secretary of its Central Committee, and a member of its
Standing Committee. He held those posts continuously
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