Pol Pot
Saloth Sar (19 Mey 1928 – 15 Aprile 1998), better kent as Pol Pot, (Khmer: ប៉ុល ពត), wis the leader o the Cambodian communist movement kent as the Khmer Rouge[3] an wis Prime Meenister o Democratic Kampuchea frae 1976–1979. His time as the leader o Cambodie, in which he attemptit tae "cleanse" the kintra, resultit in the daiths o an estimatit 1.7 tae 2.5 million fowk.
Pol Pot | |
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 Pol Pot in 1978 | |
| General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Kampuchea | |
| In office Februar 1963 – 1981 (pairty dissolvit) | |
| Depute | Nuon Chea (as vice-secretary) |
| Precedit bi | Tou Samouth |
| Succeedit bi | Nane (pairty dissolvit) |
| Prime Meenister o Democratic Kampuchea | |
| In office 14 Aprile 1976 – 27 September 1976 | |
| Preses | Khieu Samphan |
| Precedit bi | Khieu Samphan |
| Succeedit bi | Nuon Chea |
| In office 25 October 1976 – 7 Januar 1979 | |
| Preses | Khieu SamphanReligion: Nane |
| Precedit bi | Nuon Chea |
| Succeedit bi | Pen Sovan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 Mey 1925[1][2] Kampong Thom Province, French Indocheenae |
| Dee'd | 15 Apryle 1998 (aged 72) Anlong Veng, Cambodie |
| Poleetical pairty | Communist Pairty o Kampuchea |
| Spoose(s) | 1) Khieu Ponnary (div.) 2) Mea Son |
Pol Pot became leader o Cambodie in mid-1975. Durin his time in pouer, Pol Pot imposed a version o agrarian collectivization, forcin ceety dwellers tae relocate tae the kintraside tae wirk in collective farms an forced labour projects, toward a goal o "restairtin civilization" in a "Year Zero". The combined effects o sclave labour, massacre, an forced starvation resultit in the daiths o approximately 26% o the Cambodian population.[4]
In 1979, efter the invasion o Cambodie bi neighbourin Vietnam in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Pol Pot fled intae the jungles o soothwast Cambodie an the Khmer Rouge govrenment collapsed.[5] Frae 1979 tae 1997 he an a remnant o the auld Khmer Rouge operatit frae the mairch region o Cambodie an Thailand, whaur thay clung tae pouer an Unitit Naitions recognition as the richtful govrenment o Cambodie.
Pol Pot dee'd in 1998 while held unner hoose reest bi the Ta Mok faction o the Khmer Rouge. Syne his daith, rumours that he wis pushiont hae persistit.[6]
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