Hu Nim
Politician, Deceased Person
1932 – 1977
Who was Hu Nim?
Hu Nim, 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.
Nim had a reputation as one of the most independent-minded and outspoken members of the Khmer Rouge, and was eventually to be arrested, tortured and executed at Tuol Sleng security prison in 1977 during a Party purge.
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- Born
- Jul 25, 1932
Kampong Cham Province - Profession
- Died
- Jul 7, 1977
Phnom Penh
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on July 23, 2013
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