Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Hou Yuon Biography and Timeline

Follow Hou Yuon through 5 dated historical records for Kampuchea.

Hou Yuon, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

5Distinct records
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1952–1956Years on this page

1952

KCP

Member of CCP · Politics / Communist Party

Pol Pot, Hou Yuon, Ieng Sary, and other leftists gained notoriety by sending an open letter to Sihanouk calling him the "strangler of infant democracy"

1955

KCP

Member of CCP · Politics / Communist Party

The central role of the peasants in national development was espoused by Hou Yuon in his 1955 thesis, "The Kampuchean Peasants and Their Prospects for Modernization"

KSU

Member of CCP · Politics / Communist Party

The central role of the peasants in national development was espoused by Hou Yuon in his 1955 thesis, "The Kampuchean Peasants and Their Prospects for Modernization"

1956

KCP

Member of CCP · Politics / Communist Party

Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan help establish a new group, the Khmer Students Union,inside, the group was still run by the Cercle Marxiste

KSU

Member of CCP · Politics / Communist Party

Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan help establish a new group, the Khmer Students Union,inside, the group was still run by the Cercle Marxiste

Records, sources and methodology

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