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Hun Sen

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Hun Sen (1951– )

Cambodian political leader, co-prime minister 1993–97, and prime minister from 1997. Under his leadership, Cambodia's economy liberalized, but there have been problems of corruption in government. In 1993, multi-party democracy was restored and his Cambodian People's Party (CCP) shared power with the FUNCINPEC party, led by Prince Norodom Ranariddh. In July 1997 he overthrew his co-prime minister in a coup to secure fuller control over Cambodia. But, after a Japanese-brokered peace plan, Ranariddh was allowed to return and formed a coalition government dominated by the CCP, after a general election in November 1998.

Born into a peasant family in the eastern province of Kampang-Cham, Hun Sen joined the Khmer Rouge in 1970. He rose to become a regiment commander, but, disillusioned, defected to the Vietnam-based anti-Khmer Cambodian forces in 1977. On his return to Cambodia after the Vietnamese-backed communist takeover, he served as foreign minister from 1979 and became prime minister in 1985. From 1991 until the United Nations-administered elections in 1993, he ruled the country in conjunction with the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia and representatives of the warring factions.



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By using his power in the central government to secure a space wherein provincial officials' interests and power bases were protected, Hun Sen consolidated these networks, creating "a sprawling and heterogeneous network of ministries, agencies, and provincial and local administrations whose members adhered to the rules of patronage.
State, society and democratic consolidation: the case of Cambodia by Un, Kheang / Pacific Affairs
They serve only to 'punish the poor'", said Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen of Cambodia.
Voices of world leaders by Bolton, Sally / UN Chronicle
The country's fragile democracy has degenerated in recent months into a cold war between Hun Sen and the other co-prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, that occasionally has burst into exchanges of gunfire between soldiers loyal to each of the two government factions.
GRENADES KILL 10 IN CAMBODIA : ATTACK DURING OPPOSITION POLITICAL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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