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POL POT
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Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 25 May or &#; 15 April ) was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between and He was a leading member of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge movement from until and served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from to
To his supporters, he was an advocate of communism who championed Cambodian sovereignty in the face of Vietnamese aggression, and the Chinese government supported him and the Khmer Rouge as a bulwark against Soviet influence in the region.
Conversely, he has been internationally reviled for his role in what has come to be called the &#;Cambodian genocide&#;.
Under his administration, Cambodia was converted into a one-party state governed according to Pol Pot's particular political worldview.
Broadly influenced by Maoism, he however pushed its tenets to the extreme. Combining the lessons of the Chinese revolution with Kh