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Hun Sen

Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.
He is one of the key leaders of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. He was a former Khmer Rouge who escaped to Vietnam before 1979 in order to call for the Vietnamese to overthrow the Khmer Rouge government. 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 Samdach Akkak Moha Sena Padey Dekjo 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. » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Hun Sen Says CNRP Threatens Monarchy
2013-05-17
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Thursday that the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) includes members of at least three separate revolutionary groups aiming to topple his CPP and the country's monarchy, adding that only he was capable ...
(The Cambodia Daily (subscription))
  1. Cambodian PM hails ties with China
  2. Cambodia, China promote education cooperation through exhibition
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 Hun Sen Hopes for Increased Rubber Exports
2013-05-16
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he hoped land being registered to rural families as part of the government's nationwide land-titling program would be used to cultivate rubber trees in order to help the country compete with Vietnam as the ...
(The Cambodia Daily (subscription))
  1. Rubber barons The destruction of forests continues
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 Hun Sen Says Infighting Is Rife Inside Opposition CNRP
2013-05-13
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday continued his efforts to undermine support for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) by claiming that division and infighting is rife within the opposition party. During a speech at the inauguration of a pagoda in ...
(The Cambodia Daily (subscription))
  1. Cambodian Leader Thanks New York Museum for Return of Statues - VOA
  2. Cambodia Opposition Party Awaits Election Registration Approval
  3. Cambodia PM will retire - in 2028 - Vancouver Sun
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 Hun Sen Says He Will Stay in Power Until He's 74 - Radio Free Asia
2013-05-06
Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed Monday to stay in power for more than a decade until he's 74, while his ruling party prepares to extend its grip on power by putting 14 of its progeny up for contest in this year's national polls ...
(Radio Free Asia)
  1. Hun Sen to hand over power at age 74 - AsiaOne.com
  2. Hun Sen Reveals Plan to Win 3 More Elections, Retire at Age 74
  3. Road under Chinese financial support broken ground for construction in Cambodia
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 The Fresh Princes of Phnom Penh
2013-05-03
“Even if there are no more angels, there are still baby angels,” Prime Minister Hun Sen reportedly said in a recent campaign speech. In a reference to the angel scattering flowers that is the longstanding symbol of the C.P.P., he was anointing his and ...
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    		 Hun Sen Seeks Garment Factory Worker Vote
    2013-04-30
    Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday asked some 4,000 garment factory workers for their votes in July's national elections at a rally in Phnom Penh attended by members of several CPP-aligned unions, according to those in attendance. Cambodian Union ...
    (The Cambodia Daily (subscription))
    1. Cambodian PM says to speak publicly during month-long election campaign
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    		 Hun Sen warns of chaos if he loses
    2013-04-19
    PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warns the country risks civil war if the opposition wins the election in July and tries to prosecute former Khmer Rouge members in his government. His comments were issued as a rebuke to opposition ...
    (Bangkok Post)
    1. Cambodian PM warns internal war if opposition wins July's polls
    2. Hun Sen Warns of 'War' if He Loses Election - Radio Free Asia
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    		 Hun Sen Expresses Regret for 'Catastrophic' Bombing at Boston Marathon
    2013-04-18
    PHNOM PENH - Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday expressed condolences for the United States for Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon that has killed at least three people. “I share my regrets with the United States, regarding the crime that killed ...
    (VOA Khmer)
    1. Cambodia's 10 cities, provinces to get new governors: PM
    2. Cambodian PM condoles with victims of Boston Marathon blasts
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    		 Police Seeking New Year Gift Leave Hun Sen's Home Empty-Handed
    2013-04-15
    About 100 police and military police officers gathered outside Prime Minister Hun Sen's Phnom Penh house by Independence Monument on Sunday morning hoping for a little Khmer New Year cash bonus, but ended up leaving empty-handed. Hel Narin, a ...
    (The Cambodia Daily (subscription))
    1. Change in a wounded place
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