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Son Sen was born in southern Vietnam, of Sino-Vietnamese ancestry^[1] and grew up among the settled Cambodian minority. He was educated in Phnom Penh and in the 1950s received a scholarship to study in Paris, where he became a member of a Marxist group of Cambodian students at whose centre was Saloth Sar (Pol Pot). On his return to Cambodia, he became director of studies at the National Teaching Institute as well as a leading member of the reconstituted Workers Party of Kampuchea. He fled from the capital in 1963 to escape from Prince Norodom Sihanouk's secret police and is believed to have spent time in Hanoi.^{[citation needed]} City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 376 km² Population 2,009,264(2006) Density 5343. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time in office: Apr. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Ná»™i, Hán Tá»±: 河内)  , estimated population 3,145,300 (2005), is the capital of Vietnam. ...

By 1972 he had become chief of staff of the Khmer Rouge forces, engaged in challenging the government in Phnom Penh headed by Lon Nol. After the Khmer Rouge seized power in April 1975, he became deputy prime minister and minister of defense. He also oversaw the Santebal - the Khmer Rouge secret police. As such he monitored the operations of the infamous prison at Toul Sleng, "S-21" and engaged actively in the design of its interrogation and torture procedures. In 1979, after the Vietnamese invasion, he regained command of the Khmer Rouge military. ^[2] Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Lon Nol Premier Lon Nol (November 13, 1913 - November 17, 1985) was a Cambodian politician who served two times as Prime Minister of Cambodia in addition to serving other times as Defence Minister. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The Santebal, a Khmer term meaning keeper of the peace, was the Special Branch of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. ... The exterior of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ...

Son Sen assumed the post of supreme commander^{[citation needed]} of the insurgent National Army of Democratic Kampuchea on the ostensible retirement of Pol Pot in August 1985, directing the military challenge of the ousted Khmer Rouge against the Vietnamese occupation and the government established in Phnom Penh. Following the Paris Peace Agreements of October 1991, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan traveled to Phnom Penh to negotiate with UNTAC and the Cambodian government in Phnom Penh. Son Sen was removed from power in May 1992 by Ta Mok, after a dispute with fellow Khmer Rouge leaders over whether to continue the negotiations.^[3] Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Khieu Samphan (born July 27, 1931) was the president of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ta Mok Ta Mok, which means Grandfather Mok in Khmer, was the nom de guerre of Chhit Choeun (c. ...

He was murdered on June 10, 1997, alongside 13 members of his family, including women and children, on orders of Pol Pot, who at the time was fighting his last battle to regain control of the Khmer Rouge from Ta Mok.^[4] Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925–April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot (short for Politique Potentielle, French for potential politic), was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially renamed the Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been de facto... Ta Mok Ta Mok, which means Grandfather Mok in Khmer, was the nom de guerre of Chhit Choeun (c. ...

At one time regarded as the fourth-ranking member^{[citation needed]} of the Khmer Rouge hierarchy, he is believed to have engaged in factional rivalry with Pol Pot and to have been implicated in the murder of a British university teacher, Malcolm Caldwell, in Phnom Penh in December 1978.^{[citation needed]} Son Sen currently has family residing in southeast Virginia, United States after having fled Vietnam in 1983.^{[citation needed]} Malcolm Caldwell was a prolific Marxist writer. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

References

1. ^ Jurisdictional and Definitional Issues
2. ^ * Chandler, D. (1999). Voices from S-21 - Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, pp 18-23
3. ^ * Chandler, D. (1999). Brother Number One. A Political Biography of Pol Pot, Westview Press, Boulder, CA, p. 173
4. ^ * ibid., p. 180

Prominent Members of the Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot | Khieu Samphan | Nuon Chea | Ta Mok | Son Sen | Ieng Sary | Hu Nim | Khang Khek Ieu | Ieng Thirith | Ke Pauk | Hun Sen (defected)