Hun Sen
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 Hun Sen facts

• He has served as Prime Minister since 1985, making him the longest serving head of government of Cambodia, and one of the longest serving leaders in the world
• From 1979 to 1986 and again from 1987 to 1990, Hun Sen served as Cambodia's foreign minister
• His full honorary title is Samdech Akeak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen (Khmer: សម្តេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតី តេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន; meaning "Lord Prime Minister, Supreme Military Commander Hun Sen")
• Born Hun Bunal, he changed his name to Hun Sen in 1972 two years after joining the Khmer Rouge
• Hun Sen rose to the premiership in January 1985 when the KPRP-dominated National Assembly appointed him to s쳮d Chan Sy who had died in office in December 1984
• He held the position until the 1993 elections when he lost an election bid
• Refusing to relinquish power and after negotiations with the Funcinpec Party, Hun Sen jointly served as Prime Minister with Norodom Ranariddh until a 1997 coup
• Ung Huot was then selected to s쳮d Ranariddh
• In the 1998 election, he led the CPP to victory but had to form a coalition government with FUNCINPEC
• Hun Sen has since been elected consecutively and is currently serving in his fifth prime ministerial term, and vows to rule until he is 74