Pol Pot - Wikipedia
WEBPol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian communist revolutionary, politician and a dictator who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.
Pol Pot | Biography, Regime, Genocide, Death, & Facts
WEBMay 15, 2024 · Pol Pot (born May 19, 1925, Kompong Thom province, Cambodia—died April 15, 1998, near Anlong Veng, along the Cambodia-Thailand border) was a Khmer political leader who led the Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia that imposed severe hardships on the Cambodian people.
Pol Pot - Biography, Facts, Regime & Death | HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · Pol Pot was a political leader whose communist Khmer Rouge government led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During that time, an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, execution,...
Cambodian genocide - Wikipedia
WEBThe Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).
Khmer Rouge - Genocide, Regime & Definition | HISTORY
WEBSep 12, 2017 · The Khmer Rouge was a brutal regime that ruled Cambodia, under the leadership of Marxist dictator Pol Pot, from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot’s attempts to create a Cambodian “master race” through...
Cambodian genocide | Description, Killing Fields, & Facts
WEBJun 4, 2024 · Cambodian genocide, systematic murder of up to three million people in Cambodia from 1976 to 1978 that was carried out by the Khmer Rouge government under Pol Pot. Immediately after World War II, the Americans and the French fought wars against communism in Korea and Vietnam, respectively.
Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality - BBC News
WEBNov 16, 2018 · Under the Marxist leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge tried to take Cambodia back to the Middle Ages, forcing millions of people from the cities to work on communal farms in the countryside.
Khmer Rouge: What did a 16-year genocide trial achieve? - BBC
WEBSep 22, 2022 · Pol Pot, seen here in a 1975 photo, led the Khmer Rouge regime between 1976 and 1979. International prosecutors at the ECCC had wanted to pursue cases against other Khmer Rouge...
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide - BBC
WEBNov 16, 2018 · For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, faced trial on charges...
BBC - History - Historic Figures: Pol Pot (1925-1998)
WEBPol Pot, near the end of his life © Pol Pot was leader of the Khmer Rouge, a communist regime that ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, and caused the deaths of more than one million...
