Tyunn Mumm is a Cambodian revolutionary, an activist of the Khmer Rouge regime, and a teacher.
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Biography
Tyunn Mumm was born on December 18, 1925 in Phnom Penh . First arrived in Paris in 1946 during the official visit of Prince Norodom Sihanouk . She studied mathematics at the Lyceum of Louis the Great, in 1948 she entered the Polytechnic Institute. In 1952 she studied engineering and telecommunications.
She returned to Cambodia after signing the Paris Agreements in 1954 . I tried to start a political career, but these attempts were unsuccessful. She returned to France in April 1955. In 1956-1957 she worked at the Physics and Mathematics Department of the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris . She remained there until 1970, when a coup d'etat was carried out in Cambodia under the leadership of General Lon Nol.
At the invitation of Sihanouk, in April 1970, Thunn Mumm arrived in Beijing , where, together with the Communists, the ousted prince founded the National United Front of Kampuchea . According to Mumm, she did not directly participate in the activities of NEFK, but she worked with the environment of Sihanouk. Mumm remained in Beijing until the Khmer Rouge victory in 1975. In September 1975, Mumm returned to her homeland on the same plane as Sihanouk.
Subsequently, Mumm stated that she had never been a supporter or a member of the Communist Party:
I considered myself a nationalist, fighting for the independence of my country. I was not a communist, but I tried to understand what communism is.
Mumm remained in Cambodia until November 1979. Within a month, she arrived at a refugee camp on the border with Thailand. At this time, Mumm began to fear for her life, the refugees informed her that the Vietnamese secret services were allegedly preparing an attempt on her. In the period from 1979 to 1982, Mumm lived in Thailand , participated in the government of the Democratic Kampuchea in exile (chaired by Kieu Samphan ), and headed the scientific and technical commission. At the end of 1982, on a UNESCO visa, Mumm was able to return to France, where she reunited with her family.
Personal life
Husband - Monique Michelle. She had two children in marriage.
Links
- THIOUNN, Mumm . Kambodzsa Bíróságának Rendkívüli Kamarája.