The Most Famous
EXTREMISTS from Cambodia
This page contains a list of the greatest Cambodian Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 283 Extremists, 1 of which were born in Cambodia. This makes Cambodia the birth place of the 31st most number of Extremists behind Venezuela, and Afghanistan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cambodian Extremists of all time. This list of famous Cambodian Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kang Kek Iew (1942 - 2020)
With an HPI of 59.97, Kang Kek Iew is the most famous Cambodian Extremist. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ [kaŋ geːk.ʔiəw]; 17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020), alias Comrade Duch (Khmer: សមមិត្តឌុច [samamɨt ɗuc]) or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and member of the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. As the Chairman of Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp, and head of the Santebal, Kang Kek Iew was responsible for the interrogation and torture of thousands of individuals, and was convicted for the execution of at least 12,272 individuals, including women and children, but up to 14,000 in total could have died under his oversight. He was the first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime, and was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role during the Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. On Candlemas Day, 2 February 2012, his sentence was extended to life imprisonment by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Kang Kek Iew, unlike many other Khmer Rouge cadres, did not dismiss or justify his crimes. He admitted that he had been wrong and that he had done horrible things; he said that he repented and that he had converted to Christianity. During his trial, he provided detailed accounts of what happened inside S-21 and inside the Khmer Rouge regime, although his testimony at times contained discrepancies and at the conclusion of his trial he asked to be freed.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Cambodian extremists born between 1942 and 1942. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Cambodian extremists include Kang Kek Iew.
