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Saloth Sar

Pol Pot
PolPot.jpg
Pol Pot in 1978
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
In office
22 February 1963 – 6 December 1981
Vice Secretary Nuon Chea
Preceded by Tou Samouth
Succeeded by N/A (party dissolved)
Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
In office
25 October 1976 – 7 January 1979
President Khieu Samphan
Deputy Ieng Sary
Son Sen
Vorn Vet
Preceded by Nuon Chea (acting)
Succeeded by Pen Sovan
In office
14 April 1976 – 27 September 1976
President Khieu Samphan
Preceded by Khieu Samphan (acting)
Succeeded by Nuon Chea (acting)
Personal details
Born Saloth Sar
(1925-05-19)19 May 1925
Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom, Cambodia
Died 15 April 1998(1998-04-15) (aged 72)
Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Resting place Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Political party Communist Party
Spouse(s) Khieu Ponnary
(m. 1956–1979, divorce)
Mea Son
(m. 1986–1998, his death)
Children Sar Patchata
Alma mater French School of Electronics and Computer Science
Military service
Allegiance Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svgDemocratic Kampuchea
Service/branch Banner of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.svgNational Army of Democratic Kampuchea
Years of service 1963–1997
Rank General

Pol Pot (/pɒl pɒt/, US /pl/; Khmer: ប៉ុល ពត; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998, born Saloth Sar; Khmer: សាឡុត ស) was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. As such, he became the leader of Cambodia on 17 April 1975, when his forces captured Phnom Penh. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea (30th Prime Minister of Cambodia).

He presided over a totalitarian dictatorship, in which his government made urban dwellers move to the countryside to work in collective farms and on forced labour projects. The combined effects of executions, strenuous working conditions, malnutrition and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a population of slightly over 8 million) perished as a result of the policies of his four-year premiership.


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