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Ieng Sary

1925 - 2013

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ieng Sary is the 3,257th most popular politician (down from 2,460th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Vietnam and the 5th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Ieng Sary was one of the leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the communist party that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He was the deputy prime minister and foreign minister.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ieng Sary ranks 3,257 out of 19,576. Before him are Canute I of Sweden, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Abd al-Mu'min, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Xanana Gusmão, and Ivan II of Moscow. After him are Otto Ernst Remer, Konrad Henlein, Junichiro Koizumi, Yazdegerd II, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, and Nobusuke Kishi.

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Among people born in 1925, Ieng Sary ranks 61. Before him are Maya Plisetskaya, Bülent Ecevit, Sam Peckinpah, Paul Mauriat, Milton Obote, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino. After him are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bill Gates Sr., Andrea Camilleri, Robert Venturi, Oliver Smithies, and John Tate. Among people deceased in 2013, Ieng Sary ranks 46. Before him are Rochus Misch, Kenneth G. Wilson, Richard Griffiths, Lawrence Klein, Jesús Franco, and Ray Manzarek. After him are James Gandolfini, Masao Uchino, James M. Buchanan, Erich Priebke, Bert Trautmann, and Don Shirley.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Ieng Sary ranks 11 out of 136. Before him are Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), and Lady Sun (192). After him are Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Jonathan Ke Quan (1971), Lê Duẩn (1907), and Dương Văn Minh (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Ieng Sary ranks 5. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), and Lady Sun (192). After him are Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Gia Long (1762).

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