Ta Mok

Born Chhit Choeun in Takeo province in 1926, Ta Mok moved to Phnom Penh at the age of 15, and completed monk’s secondary school there. In 1949, he became chief of the Issarak movement in Tram Kak district. Ta Mok joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1950.

In 1963 he was appointed a member of the CentralCommittee of the Cambodian Communist Party. In 1968, he became secretary of the Southwest Zone. In 1978, he was promoted to second deputy secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee, making him number three in the party hierarchy.

Ieng Thirith

Also known as Khieu Thirith, Ieng Thirith is Ieng Sary’s wife. She served as the head of Democratic Kampuchea’s Red Cross Society and Minister of Social Affairs during the regime