Ieng Sary

Ieng Sary
អៀង សារី
Sary in 2010
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 April 1976 – 7 January 1979
Prime MinisterPol Pot
Nuon Chea (acting)
Preceded bySarin Chhak
Succeeded byHun Sen
Deputy Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
In office
14 April 1976 – 7 January 1979
Prime MinisterPol Pot
Personal details
Born
Kim Trang

(1925-10-24)24 October 1925
Trà Vinh, Cochinchina, French Indochina
Died14 March 2013(2013-03-14) (aged 87)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Resting placeMalai District, Banteay Meanchey[1]
NationalityCambodian
Political partyDemocratic 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
(m. 1951)
Alma materSciences 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.

  1. ^ Kong Sothanarith (6 June 2014). "Former Khmer Rouge Minister Hospitalized in Thailand" (in Khmer). Voice of America. Retrieved 6 June 2014.