What did pol pot do?

Answer 1

He was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge and the de facto leader of Cambodia in mid-1975. During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian collectivization, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization".

The combined effects of slave labor, malnutrition, poor medical care, and executions resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the Cambodian population.

By some views he ranks behind only Hitler and Stalin as the worst mass murderer of the 20th century.

Answer 2

Pol Pot was the leader of Cambodia from 1975-1979. He executed about 1.7 million of Cambodia's 8. Million people. He also instituted policies that caused starvation and death from forced labor. In total, it is estimated he killed close to 3 million people over a 4 year period.

Answer 3

He achieved the installation of a Dictatorship which managed to kill over three million of its citizens before being removed from power by the Vietnamese, which, in turn, sparked a war between Vietnam and China.