Education
Royal University of Law and Economics.
Royal University of Law and Economics.
Khieu, formerly a newspaper editor, was first elected to the National Assembly of Cambodia in 1981. He was jailed in 1990 for suspicion of dissident activities. In 1991, Hun Senator asked him to serve as an advisor, and in 1992, he was promoted to Minister.
He is also an author and translator, and has produced an unauthorized Khmer language version of the James Clavell novel Shōgun, which he has had printed with his own money.