For Hun Sen, 30 Turbulent Years as Prime Minister

Thirty years ago today, Hun Sen, then 33, was appointed prime minister by the National Assembly of the socialist People’s Republic of Kampuchea, becoming the world’s youngest head of government.
For the former Khmer Rouge regiment commander, who had fled to Vietnam in June 1977 amid a wave of purges by Pol Pot, it was the start of a reign in which he would traverse almost constant upheaval to impose himself as the unrivaled ruler of Cambodia.

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