Vorn Vet
Vorn Vet | |
|---|---|
វ៉ន វេត | |
 Vorn Vet in 1978 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Finance | |
| In office 30 March 1976 – November 1978 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sok Thuok (សុក ធួក) 1931[1] |
| Died | 1978 (aged 46–47) |
Vorn Vet (Khmer: វ៉ន វេត; 1931–1978), born Sok Thuok (សុក ធួក),[2] was a Cambodian politician who served as deputy prime minister for the economy of Democratic Kampuchea.[3] He was responsible for appointing Kang Kek Iew to his position as head of Special Security.[4] He was murdered at the S-21 security camp in 1978 after he led an unsuccessful coup d'état in December 1978 against the regime of Pol Pot.
References
- ↑ "Vorn Vet". The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ Kiernan, Ben (October 2008). The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300142990.
- ↑ "A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA (1975-1979)" (PDF). D.dccam.org. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Paul Robert Bartrop: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 2012, ISBN 978-0-313-38678-7, S. 326.
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