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    • Khieu Samphan

    Cambodian politician and war criminal (born 1931)

    In this Cambodian name, the surname is Khieu. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Samphan.

    Khieu Samphan (Khmer: ខៀវ សំផន; born 28 July 1931)[3] is a Cambodian former communist politician and economist who was the chairman of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979.

    As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge movement, although Pol Pot remained the General Secretary (highest official) in the party.

    Prior to joining the Khmer Rouge, he was a member of Norodom Sihanouk'sSangkum government.

    After the 1967 leftist rebellion, Sihanouk ordered the arrest of leftists including Samphan, who fled into hiding until the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975. On 7 August 2014, along with other members of the regime, he was convicted and received a life sentence for