Hou Yuon

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Hou. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Yuon.
Hou Yuon
Personal details
Born1930
Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
Diedunknown; possibly August 1975
Kampuchea
PartyCommunist Party

Hou Yuon (Khmer: ហ៊ូ យន់, 1930 – August 1975 (or later) was a veteran of the communist movement in Cambodia. A member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge, he served in several ministerial posts during the 1960s (as a member of the non-communist government of Prince Norodom Sihanouk) and 1970s.

Yuon, who repeatedly clashed with other members of the Khmer Rouge leadership on policy issues, disappeared after 1975. Reports vary concerning the circumstances of his death.

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