The top 10 Politicians from Cambodia trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
1925 - 1998
Trending in Polish (#163) and Chinese (#192) Wikipedia (345 views, on Oct 6).
This page contains a list of the greatest Cambodians Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 20,022 Politicians, 28 of which were born in Cambodia. This makes Cambodia the birth place of the 92nd most number of Politicians behind Montenegro and Armenia.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Cambodian Politicians of all time. This list of famous Cambodian Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Cambodian Politicians.
1925 - 1998
Pol Pot is most famous for being the leader of the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian communist regime that ruled from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people through executions, starvation, and overwork.
1922 - 2012
Norodom Sihanouk was a Cambodian politician who was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. He is most famous for being the King of Cambodia and for being a politician.
1926 - 2019
Nuon Chea is most famous for being one of the Khmer Rouge leaders who was convicted of crimes against humanity.
1913 - 1985
Lon Nol was a Cambodian military general who served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1970 to 1975. He is most famous for leading the fight against the Khmer Rouge and their leader, Pol Pot.
b. 1952
Hun Sen is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
1125 - 1218
Jayavarman VII is most famous for the Khmer Empire. He was the king of Khmer Empire from 1181 to 1220.
b. 1931
Khieu Samphan is most famous for being the Khmer Rouge's second-in-command and president from 1976 to 1979. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
b. 1934
Heng Samrin is most famous for being the leader of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party and the Chairman of the Council of State of the Democratic Kampuchea.
1834 - 1904
Norodom of Cambodia was a Cambodian King who ruled from 1904 to 1941. He was the son of King Ang Duong and Queen Sisowath Kossamak.
1875 - 1941
Sisowath Monivong was the king of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955. He was a great leader who pushed for a more liberal and democratic government. He was overthrown in a coup d'état by his prime minister, Lon Nol, who was backed by the U.S.
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