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Pol Pot
Pol Pot was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 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 and perpetrated the Cambodian genocide. Born to a prosperous farmer in Prek Sbauv, French Cambodia, Pol Pot was educated at some of Cambodia's most elite schools. While in Paris during the 1940s, he joined the French Communist Party. Returning to Cambodia in 1953, he involved himself in the Marxist–Leninist Khmer Việt Minh organisation and its guerrilla war against King Norodom Sihanouk's newly independent government.
BornSaloth Sâr, May 19, 1925, Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
DiedApril 15, 1998, Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Resting placeAnlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia
Other political affiliationsFrench Communist Party
Children1
EducationEFREI (no degree)
DeputyNuon Chea
Preceded byTou Samouth
Succeeded byPosition abolished (party dissolved)

About Pol Pot

Politician Pol Pot was born in Prek Sbauv, Cambodia on May 19, 1925. He dies at the age of 72, on April 15, 1998.

Cambodian communist dictator who led the Khmer Rouge in totalitarian control of the government from 1975 to 1979. A fifth of his country's inhabitants died as a result of his dictatorship (approximately 1.5 million people).

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Pol Pot before becoming famous

Pol Pot was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1925 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He studied radio electronics at the EFREI in France before working as a laborer.

Achievement of Pol Pot

He died in 1998, never having faced justice for his crimes.

Pol Pot's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was married twice throughout his life. Mea Son, his second wife, was his second wife from 1986 till his death in 1998.

Pol Pot Collabed with

In the Khmer Rouge, he was the first in charge, ahead of Politician Nuon Chea #2.

Pol Pot Income & Net worth

Pol Pot's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a politician. Networth of Pol Pot in 2024 is 1,000,000$+.

Pol Pot Height and Weight

How tall is Pol Pot? At the age of 72, Pol Pot height is 5'9" (1.75m).

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Latest information about Pol Pot updated on March 22 2023.