Pol Pot’s rule over cambodia

By Grayc9

  • Vietnam fighting ends

    Vietnamese troops withdraw. Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism. The country is re-named the State of Cambodia. Buddhism is re-established as the state religion.

  • Pol pot, saloth sar’s bithday

    Pol Pot, original name “Saloth Sar,” born May 19, 1925, Kompong Thom province, Cambodia died April 15, 1998, near Anlong Veng, along the Cambodia-Thailand border), Khmer political leader who led the Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia that imposed severe hardships on the Cambodian people.

  • Year Zero

    1975 - Lon Nol is overthrown as the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot occupy Phnom Penh. Sihanouk briefly becomes head of state, the country is re-named Kampuchea.
  • Period: to

    Cambodian genocide

    Between these years it was killing anyone who were intelligent, or glasses.

  • Renaming, and prime minister

    1976 - The country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea. Sihanouk resigns, Khieu Samphan becomes head of state, Pol Pot is prime minister.

  • Fighting with vietnam

    1977 - Fighting breaks out with Vietnam.

  • Pol pot’s death

    Pol Pot dies in his jungle hideout.

  • New election, and prime minister

    Elections are won by Hun Sen's CPP, amid allegations of harassment. A coalition is formed between the CPP and Funcinpec. Hun Sen becomes prime minister, Ranariddh is president of the National Assembly.