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    • Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who was the dictator of communist Cambodia from 1976 until his overthrow in 1979. He oversaw mass atrocities and is widely believed to be one of the most brutal despots in modern world history. Ideologically a Maoist and a Khmer ethnonationa… See more

    BornSaloth Sâr · 25 May 1925 · Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
    Died15 April 1998 (aged 72) · Choam, Trapeang Prei, Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
    Political partyParty of Democratic Kampuchea (1981–1993) · Communist Party of Kampuchea (1960–1981)
    SpousesKhieu Ponnary · (m. 1956; div. 1979) · Mea Son (m. 1986)
    Early life

    Pol Pot was born in the village of Prek Sbauv, outside the city of Kampong Thom. He was named Saloth Sâr, the word sâr ("white, pale") referencing his comparatively light skin complexion. French colonial rec… See more

    Revolutionary and political activism

    Sâr arrived in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) on 13 January 1953, the same day on which Sihanouk disbanded the Democratic-controlled National Assembly, began ruling by decree, and imprisoned Democratic members o… See more

     
  1. Pol Pot | Biography, Regime, Genocide, Death, & Facts

    2 days ago · Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge’s totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia responsible for the deaths of more than one million Cambodians. …

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  3. Pol Pot - Definition, Death & Quotes - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Cambodian head of state Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the deaths of more than one million people between 1975 and 1979.

  4. Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality - BBC News

    Nov 16, 2018 · Pol Pot was denounced by his former comrades in a show trial in July 1997, and sentenced to house arrest in his jungle home. But less than a year later he was dead - denying the millions...

  5. Pol Pot And The Cambodian Reign Of Terror Of The …

    Dec 29, 2021 · The leader of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot was Cambodia's Prime Minister in the late 1970s during the Killing Fields that led up to 2 million deaths.

  6. Pol Pot - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998 [1]) was a Cambodian politician who was the dictator of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. [2][3] He was also the leader of the Khmer Rouge, who were radical members of the country's …

  7. POL POT - Marxists Internet Archive

    Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 25 May 1925 or 1928 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.

  8. The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: Pol …

    An attempt by Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the country's population from starvation, overwork and executions.

  9. Democratic Kampuchea - Wikipedia

    Democratic Kampuchea [a] was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1976 to 1979, under the government of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge.The Khmer …