Ieng Thirith | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Social Affairs | |
| In office 9 October 1975 – 7 January 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Pol Pot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khieu Thirith 10 March 1932 Battambang, Cambodia, French Indochina |
| Died | 22 August 2015 (aged 83) Pailin, Cambodia |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Khieu Ponnary (sister) |
Ieng Thirith (née Khieu;[1] Khmer: អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ;[2] 10 March 1932[3] – 22 August 2015) was an influential intellectual and politician in the Khmer Rouge, although she was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee.[4] Ieng Thirith was the wife of Ieng Sary, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Kampuchea's Khmer Rouge regime. She served as Minister of Social Affairs from October 1975 until the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.[5][6]
She was the sister of Khieu Ponnary, who was the first wife of Pol Pot. She was arrested by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in November 2007 with her husband, Ieng Sary, on suspicion of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- ^ David Chandler: "Voices from S-21", Chapter 3: "Choosing Enemies", p.69. University of California, 1999. "In mid-1976 Khieu Thirith, who was Ieng Sary's wife and Pol Pot's sister-in-law (...)"
- ^ "តួឯកក្នុងសំណុំរឿង០០២៖ អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ (IENG THIRITH)" [Starred in Case 002: Ieng Thirith] (in Khmer). Archived from the original on 10 February 2013.
- ^ Summons - Expert. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: 18 August 2011.
- ^ ECCC, Co-Investigative Judges, Closing Order, 15 September 2010, para. 1207.
- ^ "Ieng Thirith". Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Ben Kiernan: "The Pol Pot Regime", Chapter Three: Cleansing the Countryside, p. 101, Yale University, 1996. "Khieu Thirith was "in charge of culture, social welfare and foreign affairs, sharing the last field with her husband Ieng Sary."