Communist Party of Kampuchea Politicians: Pol Pot, Kang Kek Iew, Khieu Samphan, Son Sen, Hu Nim, H.. details from bookadda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Pol Pot, Kang Kek Iew, Khieu Samphan, Son Sen, Hu Nim, Hou Yuon, Nuon Chea, Ta Mok, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith, Keo Meas, Tou Samouth, Chan Sy, Heng Samrin, Sam Bith, Tiv Ol, Son Ngoc Minh, Ke Pauk, Yos Por, Um Neng, Yun Yat, Chhouk Rin, Vorn Vet. Excerpt: Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 - April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, (Khmer: ), was a Cambodian Chinese revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia in mid-1975. During his time in power he imposed a version of agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization" in "Year Zero." The combined effects of forced labor, malnutrition, poor medical care and executions resulted in the deaths of approximately 21 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1,700,000-2,500,000 people died under his leadership. In 1979 after the invasion of Cambodia by neighboring Vietnam in the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, he fled into the jungles of southwest Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge government collapsed. From 1979 to 1997 he and a remnant of the old Khmer Rouge operated from the border region of Cambodia and Thailand, where they clung to power, with nominal United Nations recognition as the rightful government of Cambodia. He died in 1998 while under house arrest by the Ta Mok faction of the Khmer Rouge. Since his death, rumours that he was poisoned have persisted. Prek Sbauv, birthplace of Pol Pot.Saloth Sar was born on May 19, 1925-the eighth of nine children, and the second of three sons-of a moderately wealthy family of Chinese descent. in the small fishing village of Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province in a Cambodia domin...