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{{Infobox person|name=Pol Pot|native_name=ប៉ុល ពត|image=Pol Pot.png|birth_name=Saloth Sâr|birth_date=19 May 1925|birth_place=Prek Sbauv, Cambodia, [[French Indochina]]|death_date=15 April 1998|death_place=Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, [[Kingdom of Cambodia|Cambodia]]|death_cause=Heart failure|nationality= | {{Infobox person|name=Pol Pot|native_name=ប៉ុល ពត|image=Pol Pot.png|birth_name=Saloth Sâr (សាឡុត ស)|birth_date=19 May 1925|birth_place=Prek Sbauv, Cambodia, [[French Indochina]]|death_date=15 April 1998|death_place=Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, [[Kingdom of Cambodia|Cambodia]]|death_cause=Heart failure|nationality=Khmer}} | ||
'''Pol Pot''' was the leader of [[Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979)|Cambodia]] from 1975 to 1979. | '''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sâr'''; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was the leader of [[Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979)|Cambodia]] from 1975 to 1979. He served as general secretary of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] from 1963 to 1981 and as general secretary of the [[Party of Democratic Kampuchea]] from 1981 to 1985. Pol Pot was supported by the [[United States of America|United States]]<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=John Pilger|title=The Long Secret Alliance: Uncle Sam and Pol Pot|pdf=https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/pilgerpolpotnus.pdf}}</ref> and despite claims to contrary was not a [[Communism|communist]] and his allies openly admitted that his party was not communist.<ref name=":1">{{News citation|newspaper=Challenge-Desafio|title=Pol Pot Was Not and Is Not A Communist|date=1986-02-19|url=https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116094937/https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-date=2022-01-16|retrieved=2022-06-05}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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== Cambodian Genocide == | == Cambodian Genocide == | ||
In 1977, purges began against ethnic Vietnamese and pro-Vietnamese Cambodians. The communist faction of the CPK began a revolt in 1978, which was crushed. In January 1979, Pol Pot was overthrown | In 1977, purges began against ethnic Vietnamese and pro-Vietnamese Cambodians. The communist faction of the CPK began a revolt in 1978, which was crushed. In January 1979, Pol Pot was overthrown after Vietnam invaded Cambodia and established the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)|People's Republic of Kampuchea]].<ref name=":1" /> | ||
== U.S. support == | == U.S. support == | ||
After he was overthrown, the United States continued to recognize Pol Pot as the legitimate leader of Cambodia at the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Reagan Is Urged to End U.N. Support of Pol Pot|date=1981-12-10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/10/world/reagan-is-urged-to-end-un-support-of-pol-pot.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509215856/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/10/world/reagan-is-urged-to-end-un-support-of-pol-pot.html|archive-date=2022-05-09|retrieved=2022-06-05}}</ref> Between 1980 and 1986, Pol Pot's exiled forces received $85 million in funding from the United States and their operations were run by 50 [[CIA]] agents in Thailand. U.S. national security advisor [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] also encouraged [[China]] to support Pol Pot. In August 1990, a former member of the U.S. special forces disclosed that he had been ordered to destroy documents showing that the U.S. was supplying Pol Pot with munitions from Thailand.<ref name=":0" /> | After he was overthrown, the United States continued to recognize Pol Pot as the legitimate leader of Cambodia at the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Reagan Is Urged to End U.N. Support of Pol Pot|date=1981-12-10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/10/world/reagan-is-urged-to-end-un-support-of-pol-pot.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509215856/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/10/world/reagan-is-urged-to-end-un-support-of-pol-pot.html|archive-date=2022-05-09|retrieved=2022-06-05}}</ref> Between 1980 and 1986, Pol Pot's exiled forces received $85 million in funding from the United States and their operations were run by 50 [[CIA]] agents in Thailand. U.S. national security advisor [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] also encouraged [[China]] to support Pol Pot. In August 1990, a former member of the U.S. special forces disclosed that he had been ordered to destroy documents showing that the U.S. was supplying Pol Pot with munitions from Thailand.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== See also == | |||
*[[Ba Chuc Massacre]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:1998 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:CIA plants]] | [[Category:CIA plants]] | ||
[[Category:Communist Party of Kampuchea politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Dictators]] | |||
[[Category:Genocide perpetrators]] | [[Category:Genocide perpetrators]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 11 September 2026
Pol Pot ប៉ុល ពត | |
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| Born | Saloth Sâr (សាឡុត ស) 19 May 1925 Prek Sbauv, Cambodia, French Indochina |
| Died | 15 April 1998 Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Nationality | Khmer |
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was the leader of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1963 to 1981 and as general secretary of the Party of Democratic Kampuchea from 1981 to 1985. Pol Pot was supported by the United States[1] and despite claims to contrary was not a communist and his allies openly admitted that his party was not communist.[2]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Pol Pot, born Saloth Sâr, was educated in France and returned to Cambodia in the 1950s. The Communist Party of Kampuchea was founded in 1960 by Khmer nationalists and former members of Indochinese Communist Party. After the party was repressed by Prince Sihanouk, most of the communists fled to North Vietnam and only Pol Pot's nationalist group remained.
Pol Pot participated in a peasant rebellion in 1967 near the border with Thailand. He adopted a line that everyone in the cities, including teachers and workers, were the enemies of the people. He also hated Vietnamese people, a belief normally associated with the Cambodian elite. In 1970, Lon Nol, backed by the U.S., overthrew Sihanouk and took power.[2]
Rise to power[edit | edit source]
In April 1975, the Communist Party of Kampuchea took power. It included two enemy factions, the pro-Vietnamese communists and anti-Vietnamese nationalists. The nationalists were more influential in the west and included Pol Pot. Pol Pot was suspicious of the communists and his supporters even killed some of them.
After the CPK took power, people were evacuated from the cities, which ran out of feed because food imports from the U.S. ended after Lon Nol was overthrown.[2]
Cambodian Genocide[edit | edit source]
In 1977, purges began against ethnic Vietnamese and pro-Vietnamese Cambodians. The communist faction of the CPK began a revolt in 1978, which was crushed. In January 1979, Pol Pot was overthrown after Vietnam invaded Cambodia and established the People's Republic of Kampuchea.[2]
U.S. support[edit | edit source]
After he was overthrown, the United States continued to recognize Pol Pot as the legitimate leader of Cambodia at the United Nations.[3] Between 1980 and 1986, Pol Pot's exiled forces received $85 million in funding from the United States and their operations were run by 50 CIA agents in Thailand. U.S. national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski also encouraged China to support Pol Pot. In August 1990, a former member of the U.S. special forces disclosed that he had been ordered to destroy documents showing that the U.S. was supplying Pol Pot with munitions from Thailand.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Pilger. The Long Secret Alliance: Uncle Sam and Pol Pot. [PDF]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Pol Pot Was Not and Is Not A Communist" (1986-02-19). Challenge-Desafio. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ↑ "Reagan Is Urged to End U.N. Support of Pol Pot" (1981-12-10). The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-06-05.