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Pol Pot

Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Ideologically a Maoist and Khmer ethnonationalist, Pot led Cambodia's Communist movement, known as the Khmer Rouge, which seized power in…

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Education
EFREI (no degree)
Allegiance
Khmer Rouge · Democratic Kampuchea
Battles/wars
Vietnam War · Cambodian Civil War · Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Born
Saloth Sâr (1925-05-19)19 May 1925 Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom, Kingdom of Cambodia, Indochinese Union, French Republic
Branch/service
Kampuchea Revolutionary Army
Children
Sar Patchata

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Early life

Revolutionary and political activism

Cambodian Civil War

Leader of Democratic Kampuchea

After Democratic Kampuchea

Political ideology

Personal life and characteristics

Reception and legacy

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Pol Pot

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Pol Pot

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related to Sources cited · 54
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related to Fighting back against the Vietnamese: 1979–1989 · 43
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related to Establishing the new government: 1975 · 42
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related to Vietnamese Invasion: 1978–1979 · 37
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related to Fall of the Khmer Rouge: 1990–1998 · 36
Pol Pot → At, Beijing, Berlin Wall, Cambodia, Cambodia's, Cambodian, Cambodian National Unity Party, CGDK, Cold War, He, Hun Sen, Hun Sen's, In January, In June, In November, It, Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge's, March Pol Pot, Pailin
related to Fall of Democratic Kampuchea · 34
Pol Pot → Air Force, April, At, Beijing, Cambodia, Cambodia's, Cambodian, Cambodian Army, Cambodian Eastern Zone, Chinese, Committee's, February, In, In December, In January, January, Kampuchean Communist Party Central, Khmer Rouge, Kim Il Sung, Large
related to Collectivisation and the conquest of Phnom Penh: 1973–1975 · 33
Pol Pot → After, By, Cambodia, Cambodia's, Cambodians, Cardamom Mountains, Central Committee, Chea, Chinit Riber, Chrok Sdêch, CPK Central Committee, He, In, In May, In September, July, Khmer Rouge, Later, Many, Meakk
related to Personal life and characteristics · 29
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related to Reception and legacy · 25
Pol Pot → Alex, At, BBC News, Both, By, Cambodian, Chandler, Deutsche Welle, Dutch, Genocide Museum, In, Jacobin, Jong, Khmer Rouge, Many Cambodians, Pol Pot's, Pot, Short, The, The New York Times
related to Childhood: 1925–1941 · 22
Pol Pot → Buddhist, Chinese, Despite, French, He, His, Kampong Thom, Khmer, Loth, Loth's, March, May, Philip Short, Prek Sbauv, Saloth Phem, Saloth Sâr, Sok Nem, Sâr, Sâr's, Theravada Buddhists

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Pol PotAllegianceKhmer Rouge1.00infobox
Pol PotAllegianceDemocratic Kampuchea1.00infobox
Pol PotBattles/warsVietnam War1.00infobox
Pol PotBattles/warsCambodian Civil War1.00infobox
Pol PotBattles/warsCambodian–Vietnamese War1.00infobox
Pol PotBornSaloth Sâr (1925-05-19)19 May 1925 Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom, Kingdom of Cambodia, Indochinese Union, French Republic1.00infobox
Pol PotBranch/serviceKampuchea Revolutionary Army1.00infobox
Pol PotChildrenSar Patchata1.00infobox
Pol PotDeputyNuon Chea1.00infobox
Pol PotDeputyIeng Sary1.00infobox
Pol PotDeputySon Sen1.00infobox
Pol PotDeputyVorn Vet1.00infobox
Pol PotDied15 April 1998(1998-04-15) (aged 72) Choam Khsant District, Oddar Meanchey, Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia1.00infobox
Pol PotEducationEFREI (no degree)1.00infobox
Pol PotNickname(s)Tol Sat (fake identity of him) Brother Number One1.00infobox
Pol PotOther political affiliationsFrench Communist Party (1950s)1.00infobox
Pol PotPartyParty of Democratic Kampuchea (1981–1993)1.00infobox
Pol PotPartyCommunist Party of Kampuchea (1960–1981)1.00infobox
Pol PotPreceded byTou Samouth (1962)1.00infobox
Pol PotPreceded byNone1.00infobox
Pol PotPreceded byNuon Chea (acting)1.00infobox
Pol PotPreceded byKhieu Samphan (acting)1.00infobox
Pol PotPreceded byHimself (as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea)1.00infobox
Pol PotPresidentNorodom Sihanouk Khieu Samphan1.00infobox
Pol PotPresidentKhieu Samphan1.00infobox
Pol PotPrime MinisterPenn Nouth Khieu Samphan (acting) Himself Nuon Chea (acting) Himself1.00infobox
Pol PotRankGeneral1.00infobox
Pol PotRelationsSaloth family1.00infobox
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Pol PotSucceeded byPosition abolished (party dissolved)1.00infobox

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