Ieng Sary | |
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អៀង សារី | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 4 April 1976 – 7 January 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Pol Pot Nuon Chea (acting) |
Preceded by | Sarin Chhak |
Succeeded by | Hun Sen |
Deputy Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea | |
In office 14 April 1976 – 7 January 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Pol Pot |
Personal details | |
Born | Kim Trang 24 October 1925 Trà Vinh, Cochinchina, French Indochina |
Died | 14 March 2013 Phnom Penh, Cambodia | (aged 87)
Resting place | Malai District, Banteay Meanchey[1] |
Nationality | Cambodian |
Political 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 | |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Ieng Sary (Khmer: អៀង សារី; born Kim Trang; 24 October 1925 – 14 March 2013) was the co-founder and 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.