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Pol Pot

1925 - 1998

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Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until his overthrow in 1979. During his reign, his administration oversaw mass atrocities and he is widely believed to be one of the most brutal despots in modern world history. Ideologically a Maoist and Khmer ethnonationalist, Pot was a leader of Cambodia's Communist movement, known as the Khmer Rouge, from 1963 to 1997. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1963 to 1981, during which Cambodia was converted into a one-party state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pol Pot is the 210th most popular politician (down from 149th in 2019), the most popular biography from Cambodia and the most popular Cambodian Politician.

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.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pol Pot ranks 210 out of 19,576. Before him are William I, German Emperor, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Kösem Sultan, Isabella I of Castile, Artaxerxes I of Persia, and Bill Clinton. After him are Sejong the Great, Francis I of France, Xi Jinping, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Haakon VII of Norway, and Sun Yat-sen.

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Among people born in 1925, Pol Pot ranks 3. Before him are Malcolm X, and Margaret Thatcher. After him are Barbara Bush, Richard Burton, B.B. King, Paul Newman, Yukio Mishima, Mahathir Mohamad, Patrice Lumumba, Robert Edwards, and Gilles Deleuze. Among people deceased in 1998, Pol Pot ranks 1. After him are Akira Kurosawa, Frank Sinatra, Halldór Laxness, Alan Hodgkin, Jean Marais, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Vasily Arkhipov, Todor Zhivkov, Ernst Jünger, Vladimir Prelog, and Carlos Castaneda.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Pol Pot ranks 1 out of 40. After him are Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Nuon Chea (1926), Lon Nol (1913), Hun Sen (1952), Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Ta Mok (1926), and Jayavarman II (800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Pol Pot ranks 1. After him are Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Nuon Chea (1926), Lon Nol (1913), Hun Sen (1952), Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Jayavarman II (800), and Yasovarman I (900).

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