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Ieng Sary
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Cambodian politician (1925-2013)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Pol Pot , Nuon Chea (acting)
- Preceded by
- Sarin Chhak
- Succeeded by
- Hun Sen
- Born
- Kim Trang , ( 1925-10-24 ) 24 October 1925 , Trà Vinh , Cochinchina , French Indochina (now Vietnam )
- Died
- 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) (aged 87), Phnom Penh , Cambodia
- Resting place
- Malai District , Banteay Meanchey
- Party
- Democratic National Union Movement (1996–2007), Cambodian National Unity Party (1992–1996), Party of Democratic Kampuchea (1981–1993), Communist Party of Kampuchea , French Communist Party
- Spouse
- Khieu Thirith ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 )
- Alma mater
- Sciences Po
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cambodia
- Place of birth
- Mekong Delta
- Place of death
- Phnom Penh
- Spouse
- Ieng Thirith
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- foreign minister
- Educated at
- Lycee Sisowath
- Political party
- French Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Mak Remissa-IS01.jpg
- Convicted of
- genocide
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- Commons category
- Ieng Sary
- date of birth
- 1925-10-24
- date of death
- 2013-03-14
- birth name
- Ким Чанг
- place of burial
- Malai District
- cause of death
- heart failure
- name in native language
- អៀង សារី
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Ieng Sary (Khmer: អៀង សារី; born Kim Trang; 24 October 1925 – 14 March 2013) was the co-founder and a senior member of the Khmer Rouge and one of the main architects of the Cambodian genocide. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot and served in the 1975–79 government of Democratic Kampuchea as foreign minister and deputy prime minister. He was known as "Brother Number Three", as he was third in command after Pol Pot and Nuon Chea. His wife, Ieng Thirith (née Khieu), served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister. Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with crimes against humanity but died of heart failure before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.
Early years
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