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Heng Samrin (hĕng säm`rĭn), 1934–, Cambodian politician. He was president of Cambodia from 1979 to 1991 and headed the Communist party from 1981 to 1991. A regimental commander of the Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge (kəmĕr` r  zh), name given to native Cambodian Communists...... Click the link for more information. during the civil war (1970–75), he sought refuge in Vietnam from Pol Pot's purges (1977). Returning to lead the uprising, he was named president of the Vietnamese-installed Cambodian government after Pol Pot Pol Pot, 1925–98, Cambodian political leader, originally named Saloth Sar. Paris-educated, and a Khmer Communist leader from 1960, he led Khmer Rouge guerrillas against the government of Lon Nol after 1970. ..... Click the link for more information. 's overthrow (1979). He faced continued armed resistance from the Khmer Rouge and other forces and failed to gain widespread diplomatic recognition. In 1985 he lost power to Hun Sen, the new premier, but he remained head of state until Norodom Sihanouk Sihanouk, Norodom (nōrōdŭm` sĭhənŭk`), 1922–, king of Cambodia (1941–55, 1993–2004). ..... Click the link for more information. 's return in 1991. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Its upper ranks were composed of former Khmer Rouge cadre, like Hun Sen, Heng Samrin and Chea Sim, who had all defected to Vietnam, fearing for their lives during the purges that swept through DK in 1977 and 1978. [The Cambodian parties are: the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC), headed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk; the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), led by Son Sann; the Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK), led by Khiu Samphan; and the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, led by Heng Samrin. [The Cambodian parties are: the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC), headed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk: the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), led by Son Sann; the Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK) , led by Khieu Samphan; and the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, led by Heng Samrin. |
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