Pol Pot

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Person.png Pol Pot   WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(War Criminal)
BornSaloth Sar
1925-05-19
Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom, Cambodia
Died1998-04-15 (Age 72)
Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Alma materFrench School of Electronics and Computer Science
ChildrenSar Patchata
SpouseKhieu Ponnary
PartyCommunist Party

Employment.png General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

In office
22 February 1963 - 6 December 1981

Employment.png Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea

In office
25 October 1976 - 7 January 1979

Employment.png Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea

In office
14 April 1976 - 27 September 1976

Pol Pot presided over a totalitarian dictatorship, in which his government made urban dwellers move - on pain of death - to the countryside to work in collective farms and on forced labour projects.

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:The Long Secret AlliancearticleSeptember 1997John PilgerThe suppressed history of US sponsorship of the genocidal Pol Pot Khymer Rouge regime in Cambodia through the 1970-80's
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