# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saloth-chhay
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:26:25.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saloth-chhay"
name: "Saloth Chhay"
slug: "saloth-chhay"
description: "Saloth Chhay was a Cambodian left-wing journalist and political activist, who was prominent in the country's politics during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for being the older brother of Pol Pot, future leader of the Khmer Rouge communists, and for influencing his early political development."
tagline: "Cambodian journalist and politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1920"
deathDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.84
  momentum:             0.48
  historical:           5.485494666666667
  currentAttention:     2.666666666666667
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%A7%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Салот Чхай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saloth_Chhay"
    title: "Saloth Chhay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%B4%EB%A1%AF_%EC%B0%A8%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "살롯 차이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99%E6%B4%9B%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E8%94%A1"
    title: "沙洛特·蔡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%95_%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2"
    title: "ลต ฉาย"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA_%DA%86%DA%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "سالوت چھای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6586383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump