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Hou Yuon (1930 – August 1975?) 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. ==Early career== Hou Yuon was born in Kampong Cham in 1930 to a family of Sino-Khmer descent. In common with several other future members of the Khmer Rouge, he studied at the ''Lycee Sisowath'', though unlike the majority of his colleagues he was from a poor background: his father was a peasant who grew rice and tobacco.〔Kiernan, B. ''(How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975 )'', Yale University Press, 2004, p. 29. ISBN 0-300-10262-3〕 He went on to study economics and law, earning a doctorate from the University of Paris. The doctoral dissertation he wrote expressed basic themes that were later to become the cornerstones of economic policies adopted by Democratic Kampuchea. The central role of the peasants in national development was espoused in his 1955 thesis, ''The Cambodian Peasants and Their Prospects for Modernization'' ((フランス語:La paysannerie du Cambodge et ses projets de modernisation)), which challenged the conventional view that urbanization and industrialization are necessary precursors of development. Yuon, who enjoyed great personal popularity - he was described as having "truly astounding physical and intellectual strength"〔Ross, R. (ed) (The Paris Student Group ), Library of Congress Country Studies: Cambodia〕 - became an important figure in the community of radical Cambodian expatriates in Paris. He was a unanimous choice as head of the Khmer Students' Association (KSA).〔''(Hou Yuon )'' Online Encyclopaedia of Mass Violence]〕 In 1952, along with Saloth Sar, Ieng Sary, and other leftists, Yuon gained notoriety by sending an open letter to the then-King Norodom Sihanouk calling him the "strangler of infant democracy." After the French authorities closed down the KSA, Yuon and Khieu Samphan helped to establish a new group, the Khmer Students' Union, in 1956. After returning to Cambodia, Hou Yuon became a teacher of French at a new private high school, the ''Lycée Kambuboth'', which he helped establish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hou Yuon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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