# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kang-kek-iew
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:26.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kang-kek-iew"
name: "Kang Kek Iew"
slug: "kang-kek-iew"
description: "Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav, alias Comrade Duch or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and member of the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. As the Chairman of Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp, and head of the Santebal, Kang Kek Iew was responsible for the interrogation and torture of thousands of individuals, and was convicted for the execution of at least 12,272 individuals, including women and children, but up to 14,000 in total could have died under his oversight."
tagline: "War criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kang_Kek_Iew_(Kaing_Guek_Eav_or_Duch)_before_the_Extraordinary_Chambers_in_the_Courts_of_Cambodia_-_20091126.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-11-17"
deathDate: "2020-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.51
  momentum:             1.661049237983587
  historical:           23.50627333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10289901/"
    handle:    "nm10289901"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "كانغ كيك إيو"
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    title: "Kang Kek Iew"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "캉 켁 이우"
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    title: "Kaing Guek Eav"
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    title: "Khang Khek Ieu"
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    title: "Kaing Guek Eav"
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    title: "Kang Kek Iev"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1783926"
    title: "Kang Kek Iew"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump