What is Khieu Samphan?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Khieu Samphan 2014.jpg |honorific-prefix = |caption = |name =Khieu Samphan |order =[[List of heads of state of Cambodia|President of the State Presidium]] of [[Democratic Kampuchea]] |deputy = |primeminister = |leader = [[Pol Pot]] |term_start =April 11, 1976 |term_end =January 7, 1979 |predecessor =[[Norodom Sihanouk]] |successor =Post abolished |order2 =[[Prime Minister of Cambodia|Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea]] <br/><small>Acting</small> |president2=[[Norodom Sihanouk]]<br/>''himself'' |term_start2 =April 4, 1976 |term_end2 =April 14, 1976 |predecessor2 =[[Penn Nouth]] |successor2 =Pol Pot |birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1931|7|27|df=y}} |birth_place =[[Svay Rieng Province|Svay Rieng]], [[French Indochina]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = So Socheat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/witness-expert-civil-party/mrs-so-socheat|title=Mrs. SO Socheat|publisher=eccc.gov.kh|accessdate=21 March 2014|archive-date=20 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820230825/https://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/witness-expert-civil-party/mrs-so-socheat|url-status=dead}}</ref> |constituency = |party =[[Communist Party of Kampuchea|Communist Party]] |otherparty = [[Sangkum]] (1958-1967) |signature = }} '''Khieu Samphan''' ({{lang-km|ខៀវ សំផន}}; born July 27, 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/indicted-person/khieu-samphan|title=KHIEU Samphan|publisher=Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia|accessdate=17 April 2014|archive-date=20 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820210421/https://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/indicted-person/khieu-samphan|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a former [[Cambodia]]n [[Communism|communist]] politician. He was the president of the state of [[Democratic Kampuchea]] ([[Cambodia]]) from 1976 until 1979. He was one of the most powerful officials in the [[Khmer Rouge]] movement, although [[Pol Pot]] remained the General Secretary (highest official) in the party. Samphan is the second oldest living for