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{{Quote|Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake. |Pol Pot}}
'''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sâr''', May 19<sup>th</sup>, 1925 – April 15<sup>th</sup>, 1998) was a Cambodian statesman and revolutionary who served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia (known as '''Democratic Kampuchea''' during that time period) from 1975 to 1979, during which he imposed a totalitarian [[dictatorship]] upon his country and essentially enslaved his entire country during his brief tenure. He achieved this by evacuating the entire population of Cambodia's cities to [[concentration camp]]s in the countryside, where his followers, known as the [[Khmer Rouge]], forced the people to work extremely hard labor.

A Marxist-Leninist who patterned himself after [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Mao Zedong]], Pol Pot's goal was to turn Cambodia into a socialist, agrarian state, but his brand of socialism was considered far too extreme even by the standards of most of the other communist governments of the [[Cold War]] era.

Pol Pot is widely considered to be one of the most cruel and brutal tyrants who ever lived, despite being in power for only four years. He is the only man in all of history to have ordered an official [[genocide]] against his entire country (the [[Cambodian Genocide]])<ref name = Genocide2>[https://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm Genocide in the 20th Century: Pol Pot in Cambodia 1975-1979], ''The History Place''</ref> and declared that money, personal property, and religion as a whole be banned. Due to the poor working conditions attributed during his regime, it is estimated that he is responsible for the death of up to 25% of Cambodia's entire population, which would amount to an estimate of 2 million, however, the exact number of deaths attributable to his tenure as Prime Minister of Cambodia is still a subject of debate.