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Hun Sen

Hun speaking at the World Economic Forum in East Asia (2010)
Personal data
Date of birth5 August 1952(age 63)
Place of birthPeam Koh Sna, Indochina
(now Cambodia)
Political partyPeople's Party
SpouseBun Rany
Prime Minister of Cambodia
Assumed office30 November 1998
MonarchNorodom Sihanouk
Chea Sim (Regent)
Norodom Sihamoni
Preceded byUng Huot
In office1 May 1989 - 21 September 1993
Alongside Norodom Ranariddh:
2 July 1993 � 21 September 1993
PresidentHeng Samrin
Chea Sim
Norodom Sihanouk
Succeeded byNorodom Ranariddh
Preceded byPosition established
Prime Minister of Kampuchea
In office14 January 1985 - 1 May 1989
PresidentHeng Samrin
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Preceded byChan Sy

Hun Sen

NameHun Sen
SpokenSamdech Akeak Moha Sena Thapdey Techo Hun Sen (The Great Honorable Lord Grand Hun Sen), Samdech Akeak Moha Sena Thapdey Techo Hun Sen, Nea Yuok Roth Montrei Nei Preah Reachea Nachak Kampuchea (The Great Honorable Lord Grand Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia)
ReligiousSamdech Akeak Moha Sena Thapdey Techo Hun Sen (The Great Honorable Lord Grand Hun Sen), Khnom Kana (as said by himself when monks listen), Ngom (said by monks sometimes after saying Samdech Akeak Moha Sena Thapdey Techo Hun Sen often.)

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Hun Sen ( ) (born 5 August, 1952) is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.

He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993, the CPP has been in a coalition with the royalist Funcinpec party.

His current, full, honorary title is Samdech Akeak Moha Sena Thapdey Decho Hun Sen. The title "Samdech" was attached to his name in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk. It is only an honorary title and does not give him further powers. He has a glass eye, the result of a wound sustained during the Khmer Rouge offensive against Phnom Penh in April 1975. Hun Sen is currently the longest serving leader in South East Asia and is one of the longest serving prime ministers in the world, having been in power through various coalitions since 1985.


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