WebSaloth Sar (Prek Sbauv, Camboya, Indochina francesa; 19 de mayo de 1925-Anlong Veng, Reino de Camboya, 15 de abril de 1998), [6] más conocido como Pol Pot, fue un político, militar y dictador camboyano y el principal líder de los Jemeres Rojos desde el origen de estos en la década de 1960 hasta su muerte en 1998. Fue también primer ministro de …

WebOn 25 December 1978, 150,000 Vietnamese troops invaded Democratic Kampuchea and overran the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army in just two weeks, thereby ending the excesses of Pol Pot's government, which had been responsible for the deaths of almost a quarter of all Cambodians between 1975 and December 1978 (the Cambodian genocide).

WebPol Pot and Hou Yuon may have been related to the royal family. ... Despite friendly relations between Sihanouk and the Chinese, the latter kept Pol Pot's visit a secret from Sihanouk. In September 1966, the party changed its name in secret to the Kampuchean (or Khmer) Communist Party (KCP). The change in the name of the party was a closely ...

WebThe Cambodian People's Party (CPP) is a Cambodian political party which has ruled Cambodia since 1979.. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP). Adopting a more revisionist view of Marxism, it allied itself with Vietnam and the Soviet Union, in contrast to the Communist Party of …

WebAll power belonged to the Standing Committee of CPK, the membership of which comprised the Secretary and Prime Minister Pol Pot, his Deputy Secretary Nuon Chea and seven others. It was known also as the "Centre", the "Organisation" or "Angkar", and its daily work was conducted from Office 870 in Phnom Penh.For almost two years after the takeover, …

WebPol Pot (Quemer: សាឡុត ស; Kampong Thom, 19 de maio de 1925 – Anlong Veng, 15 de abril de 1998) nascido Saloth Sar foi um político e revolucionário cambojano foi primeiro-ministro do Kampuchea Democrático entre 1976 e 1979. Ideologicamente um marxista-leninista e um nacionalista qumer, ele foi um dos principais membros do movimento …

WebThe Khmer Rouge (/ k ə ˌ m ɛər ˈ r uː ʒ /; French: [kmɛʁ ʁuʒ]; Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម, Khmêr Krâhâm [kʰmae krɑːhɑːm]; lit. 'Red Khmer') is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by …

WebCambodia (/ k æ m ˈ b oʊ d i ə / (); also Kampuchea / ˌ k æ m p ʊ ˈ tʃ iː ə /; Khmer: កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Kâmpŭchéa, ALA-LC: Kambujā), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles), bordered by …

WebThe Royal Khmer Armed Forces (Forces armées royales khmères, FARK) was established on 9 November 1953 under a Franco-Khmer convention.This contributed to the end of the French colony and protectorate, and Cambodia obtained its own military organisation.FARK's roles were to guarantee the sovereignty of the nation and the king; …

WebThe history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, can be traced back to Indian civilization. Detailed records of a political structure on the territory of what is now Cambodia first appear in Chinese annals in reference to Funan, a polity that encompassed the southernmost part of the Indochinese peninsula during the 1st to 6th centuries. . …