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{{Dictator bio
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| name =Pol Pot
| birth =May 19,1928<br/>Kampong Thom Province, French Indochina
| parents =Pen Saloth<br/>Sok Nem
| religion =Roman Catholic (rejected)<br/>Buddism (rejected)<br/>Atheism
| education =Wat Botum Vaddei Buddist Monastery, 1934–35<br/>École Miche Catholic School, Phnom Penh 1935-43<br/>Collège Preah Sihanouk at Kampong Cham 1943-47<br/>Lycée Sisowath in Phnom Penh 1948–49<br/>École Francaise de radio-électricité, Paris, France, 1949–52
| spouse =Khieu Ponnary<br/>Mea Son
| children =none
| death =April 15, 1998<br/>Northern Cambodia
| deathmanner =Heart failure (official)<br/>Suicide (unofficial)
| burial =Cremated
| country =[[Cambodia]]
| military =n/a
| rank =n/a
| polbeliefs =[[Communism]]
| party =Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge)
| dictatordate =January 5, 1976
| war =Cambodian civil war (aka "killing fields")
| deathnumber =3,000,000 est.
}}
'''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sar''' May 19,1928-1998) was the ruthless [[Cambodia]]n [[Communism|Communist]] [[dictator]] and [[genocide|genocidist]] responsible for killing 1-3 million Cambodians in the late 1970s (nearly a third of the Cambodian population). Anyone thought to be [[intellectual]] was murdered, including the killing of people simply for knowing a foreign language or even merely wearing glasses. Pol Pot held power through a combination of enormous charm and complete ruthlessness. He is infamous for being a communist who apparently did not even like to read the works of [[Marx]].
'''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sar''' May 19,1928-1998) was the ruthless [[Cambodia]]n [[Communism|Communist]] [[dictator]] and [[genocide|genocidist]] responsible for killing 1-3 million Cambodians in the late 1970s (nearly a third of the Cambodian population). Anyone thought to be [[intellectual]] was murdered, including the killing of people simply for knowing a foreign language or even merely wearing glasses. Pol Pot held power through a combination of enormous charm and complete ruthlessness. He is infamous for being a communist who apparently did not even like to read the works of [[Marx]].