Pol Pot
Pol Pot was a political leaders and took place in the Cambodian revolution. He led the Khmer Rouge from 1963-1997. I picked to do my free write on pol pot is because I did a speech on him in my oral comm speech. The group he led, the Kymer Rouge was a very strong and a group mainly known for violence and they killed over 2 million people. The killed people from starvations, forced working, and executions.
During the years 1963 all the way to 1981. He served as a Secretary of the Communist party of the city with the name of Kampuchea. Pol pot fell to his death april 15, 1998 the year the I was born. He was brought to the world May 19, 1925. During his years he wrote a book about the Genocide that took place in Cambodia, the Genocide that he himself, pol pot created when he killed 2 million people. He killed a little under 20 percent of the population. The reason that he killed most of these people because he felt like the people were going to come out and revolt against him. He also wanted to create a “perfect” society in his eyes. Another fun fact is that a large majority of the people that he killed were smart and educated people. He wanted everyone to be and act like a peasant. When he was farther into his life pol pot requested the death of a lot of his family. He requested a the death of his defense minister. He also had all of his kids to their death, there were 9 kids. Last but not least he ordered the death of his wife. Pol Pots sister was a secondary husband to the king. She was known as a dancer and a person that drank a lot. She was not a good person in society.
In conclusion, not very many people liked him. He killed millions of people because he was scared of them. He died at the age of 72 to heart failure. I think that he was a very cruel man, and didn’t deserve the right to lead. I could not see a reason why someone would like or respect the man.
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