He was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge and the de facto leader of Cambodia in mid-1975. During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian collectivization, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization".
The combined effects of slave labor, malnutrition, poor medical care, and executions resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the Cambodian population.
By some views he ranks behind only Hitler and Stalin as the worst mass murderer of the 20th century.
Pol Pot was the leader of Cambodia from 1975-1979. He executed about 1.7 million of Cambodia's 8. Million people. He also instituted policies that caused starvation and death from forced labor. In total, it is estimated he killed close to 3 million people over a 4 year period.
He achieved the installation of a Dictatorship which managed to kill over three million of its citizens before being removed from power by the Vietnamese, which, in turn, sparked a war between Vietnam and China.
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Pol Pot was about 5'9'' tall.
Pol Pot was born on May 19, 1925.
SEE: Biography on Pol Pot.
Pol Pot's birth name is Saloth Sar.
Pol Pot weight consisted of 194 pounds.
Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) died April 15 , 1998 .
Pol Pot died on April 15, 1998 at the age of 72.
Pol Pot died in 1998 at the age of 72.
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Pol Pot died on April 15, 1998 at the age of 72.
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