Khieu Samphan
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Khieu Samphan 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
Samphan in 2014
Samphan at a public hearing before the pre-trial Khmer Rouge Tribunal on 28 June 2011
Khmer Rouge
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Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coin
Khieu Samphan
…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…
Khmer Rouge clothing, consisting of a red krama, a black outfit and shoes made of tires.
Khmer Rouge bullet holes left at Angkor Wat temple
An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia
Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims.