Thiounn Mumm
Cambodian scientist and Minister of the Democratic Kampuchea (1925–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thiounn Mumm (Khmer: ជួន មុំ, 8 December 1925 – 22 March 2022) was a Khmer civil servant, who served as Minister under the Khmer Rouge. He was also the first Cambodian to attend the Ecole Polytechnique. While some considered him a "racist political dynast"[1] and condemned him for his collaboration with the atrocious regime of the Democratic Kampuchea, he defended himself from adhering to the ideologies of communism and presented himself merely as a Khmer nationalist.
In this Cambodian name, the surname is Thiounn. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Mumm.