Why doesn't anyone know who this monstrous human being was? What did Pol Pot do to become such a terrible person? Pol Pot was a Cambodian dictator who led the country through hell. People say that Pol Pot killed almost as many people as Hitler killed. People should become aware of what he did and how horrible it really was. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge, who led his communist party to kill twenty-five percent of Cambodia through starvation, overwork, and executions. Pol Pot was born with the name Saloth Sar in 1925 in Cambodia. His family was involved in farming and agriculture and believed that he should get good grades because Pol Pot's family was rich. Pol Pot went to school in Paris when he was 20 on a radio electronics scholarship. While in Paris he was so interested in learning about Marxism and dictatorship that he became too distracted from his studies. This led to him losing his scholarship and returning to Cambodia. Something about authoritarianism was so appealing to Pol Pot. He thought he could rule the country, or in other words, have total control over the citizens of Cambodia; for this reason he became part of an underground communist movement. Ironically, Cambodia gained independence from France, which led to an autocracy by a royal monarchy. Pol Pot decided to become a Marxist, so he became the leader of the Cambodian Communist Party. They had to go to a jungle to escape the leader of Cambodia who was Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Pol Pot then created his own communist party known as the Khmer Rouge with him as the leader. The Khmer Rouge translated into the Cambodian Reds, and Pol Pot waged a guerrilla war against the government to give it more power... middle of paper... shouted that he had lost control of being the leader of the Khmer Rouge in the 1990s. Pol Pot died of a heart attack in 1998. This was after his arrest, but before he could be tried for the terrible forced labor and commandos that resulted in many deaths in which he was involved. The people of Cambodia were relieved because “with Pol Pot's end imminent, Cambodia can finally turn one of the darkest pages in its history” (Whitelaw 1). Pol Pot was a scary man that not many people know or are aware of. We are lucky to live in a country of such extraordinary freedom. He could have maintained control and even killed half the population. Pol Pot should have at least been punished for his misdeeds. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge who led his communist party to kill 25% of Cambodia through starvation, overwork and executions.