Pol Pot

(1928-1998)

Cambodian communist dictator

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Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and a Khmer nationalist, he was a leading member of Cambodia's communist movement, the Khmer Rouge, from 1963 until 1997 and served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1963 to 1981. Under his administration, Cambodia was converted into a one-party communist state governed according to Pol Pot's interpretation of Marxism–Leninism.

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Born	Saloth Sar 25 May 1928 Kampong Thum Province, Cambodia
Died	15 April 1998 (aged 69) Bangkok, Thailand
Zodiac	Gemini
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Khieu Ponnary 1920-2003 · Cambodian writer · m. 1956; div. 1979 info edit

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