Pol Pot

Pol Pot born Saloth Sar was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 to 1979 Ideologically a MarxistLeninist and Khmer nationalist he led the Khmer Rouge group from 1963 until 1997 From 1963 to 1981 he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Pol Pot was responsible for the brutal death of 17 million of his own countrymen