Ieng Thirith (née
Khieu; ; 10 March 1932 – 22 August 2015) was an influential figure in the
Khmer Rouge, although she was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee. Ieng Thirith was the wife of
Ieng Sary, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Democratic Kampuchea's Khmer Rouge regime. She served as Minister of Social Affairs from October 1975 until the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.