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Cambodian politician and war criminal (born 1931)

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  • Bicāranā qaṃbī pravattisāstr Kambujā
  • Cambodia's economy and industrial development
  • Cambodia's recent history and the reasons behind the decision I made
  • Une paix véritable sera rétablie au Cambodge après la cessation de toute intervention des impérialistes américains
  • The economy of Cambodia and its problems with industrialization

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Key facts

Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Himself (as Leader of the Khmer National Solidarity Party )
Prime minister
Pol Pot
Deputy
So Phim, Nhim Ros
Leader
Pol Pot ( CPK General Secretary )
President
Norodom Sihanouk
Born
( 1931-07-27 ) 27 July 1931 (age 94) , Romduol , Svay Rieng , Cambodia , French Indochina
Party
KNSP (1997–1998) CNUP (1993–1997) PDK (1981–1993) CPK (1967–1981) Sangkum (1958–1967)
Spouse
So Socheat
Alma mater
University of Montpellier ( BEc ), University of Paris ( PhD )
Convictions
Crimes against humanity Genocide
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment (2014)

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Encyclopedic overview

Khieu Samphan (Khmer: ខៀវ សំផន; born 27 July 1931) is a Cambodian former politician, economist, and revolutionary who was Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge movement, although Pol Pot remained the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. On 7 August 2014, along with other members of the regime, he was convicted and received a life sentence for crimes against humanity during the Cambodian genocide, and a further trial found him guilty of genocide in 2018.

Prior to joining the Khmer Rouge, he was a member of Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum government. After the 1967 leftist rebellion, Sihanouk ordered the arrest of leftists including Samphan, who fled into hiding until the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975. Samphan succeeded Pol Pot as leader of the Khmer Rouge in 1985, and served in this position until 1998.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khieu Samphan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.