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Khmer Rouge/temp - The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: , pronounced Khmaey Krahom or ; French: Khmer Rouge in the masculine singular, Khmers Rouges in the plural) was a Communist organization which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The term Khmer Rouge, which means "Red Khmer" in French, was coined by the francophone king and later prime minister of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk, and adopted in English.
Khmer Rouge - The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: , pronounced ) was a self-proclaimed communist organization which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Its name is French: Khmer Rouge in the masculine singular, Khmers Rouges in the plural.
Khmer People's National Liberation Front - The Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) was a political front organized in 1979 in opposition to the Vietnamese-installed People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) regime in Cambodia. The 200,000 Vietnamese troops supporting the PRK, as well as Khmer Rouge defectors, had ousted the brutal Democratic Kampuchea regime of Pol Pot, and were initially welcomed by the majority of Cambodians as liberators.
Ieng Sary - Ieng Sary (born 1922, 1925 or 1929) was the foreign minister of Cambodia from 1976 to 1979 and a powerful figure in the Khmer Rouge. He was also the deputy prime minister of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime, which lasted from 1975 to 1979.
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