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Ieng Sary
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Ieng Sary
Ieng Sary
(; 24 October 1925 – 14 March 2013) was a co-founder and senior member of the
Khmer Rouge
. He was a member of the
Central Committee
of the
Communist Party of Kampuchea
led by
Pol Pot
and served in the 1975–79 government of
Democratic Kampuchea
as
foreign minister
and
deputy prime minister
. He was known as "
Brother Number Three
" as he was third in command after Pol Pot and
Nuon Chea
. His wife,
Ieng Thirith
(née Khieu), served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister. Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with
crimes against humanity
but died of
heart failure
before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.
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