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Vorn Vet 
Summary
Vorn Vet (Khmer: វ៉ន វេត; 1929–1978), born Sok Thuok (សុក ធួក),[1] was a Cambodian politician who served as deputy prime minister for the economy of Democratic Kampuchea. He was responsible for appointing Kang Kek Iew to his position as head of Special Security.[2] He was murdered at the S-21 security camp in 1978.
Vorn Vet | |
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វ៉ន វេត | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the Economy | |
| In office 1975–1978 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sok Thuok (សុក ធួក) 1929 French Indochina |
| Died | 1978 (aged 48–49) Democratic Kampuchea |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.