Tou Samouth

Tou Samouth
ទូ សាមុត
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Kampuchea
In office
30 September 1960 – 20 July 1962
DeputyNuon Chea
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPol Pot (1963)
General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party
In office
21 September 1951 – 30 September 1960
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPen Sovan (1979)
Personal details
Born1915
Cochinchina, French Indochina
Died20 July 1962 (aged 46–47)[1]
Cambodia
NationalityCambodian
Political party
Other political
affiliations
United Issarak Front

Tou Samouth (Khmer: ទូ សាមុត; c. 1915 – 20 July 1962), also known as Achar Sok (អាចារ្យសុក), was a Cambodian politician. One of the two founding members of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP), the other being Son Ngoc Minh, and head of its more moderate faction. He is mainly remembered for mentoring Saloth Sar, who would later change his name to Pol Pot.

  1. ^ "The KPRP Second Congress". countrystudies.us.