Khmer Times: Hun Sen backs Track II diplomacy for Cambodia-Thailand border talks
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Hun Sen
Hun Sen is a Cambodian politician and former military officer who currently serves as the president of the Senate and acting head of state. He previously served as the prime minister of Cambodia (1985–1993), the second prime minister (1993–1998) and the prime minister again (1998–2023). Hun Sen is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. He is the president of the Cambodian Pe…
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politics · Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023) · diplomat · politician · also Hun Sen, Aka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Sen Hun, Sen
Born 5 August 1952 · Q57788
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2026· 10 entries
Khmer Times: Hun Sen and the rebirth of Cambodia–South Korea relations
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Rappler: Cambodian MPs reappoint Hun Sen despite poll row
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Cambodianess: Hun Sen Calls for Action against Social Media Abuse to Protect Dignity
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The Star: Hun Sen welcomes former political rival Kem Sokha into his home, praises Sokha’s daughter
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Phnom Penh Post: Hun Sen welcomes Kem Sokha into his home for three-hour meeting, praises Sokha’s daughter
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Kiripost: Kem Sokha’s Family Visits Senate President Hun Sen
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The Star: Cambodian PM Hun Sen urges legal action against those who undermine ‘women’s values, social morality’
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Khmer Times: Hun Sen calls for action over social media insults (VIDEO)
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អង្គភាពព័ត៌មាន និងប្រតិកម្មរហ័ស: Selected Comments of Samdech Techo Hun Sen at the Meeting of the Delegation of the Cambodian National Council for Women [Unofficial Translation]
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2025· 5 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Cambodia’s Hun Sen seeking dialysis at a Thai hospital” False.
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Thai PBS rated the claim ““Hun Sen” inviting “Ice Rakchanok” to move to Cambodia with the position of Wife No. 1 is Fake News” Disinformation.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Cambodians protest against Hun Sen and Hun Manet over border clashes.” False.
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Yahoo: Cambodia's Hun Sen at the helm in border conflict with Thailand
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KSAT: Cambodia ex-leader Hun Sen and Thailand's prime minister make separate visits to tense border areas
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2024· 3 entries
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated the claim “Hun Sen and his wife salutes the former Vietnamese leader” Altered.
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Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated the claim “Hun Sen’s Wife Bun Rany passed away” Misleading.
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Was appointed president of the Senate, ensuring his continued influence over the country's politics
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2023· 2 entries
Oklahoma's News: Hun Sen’s ruling party claims landslide win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed
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Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated the claim “A photo depicting Hun Sen laying on a hospital bed was posted by a Facebook user with the claim “R.I.P Hun Sen”. This post has been reacted with many mixed comments and shared by Facebook users who are speaking Khmer. However, after checking a Google Reverse Image, it proves that the above post i…” False.
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2022· 4 entries
Claimed: ““I did not blame some Burmese people who burned and stepped on my portraits, but they need to know that their lives will be rescued from wars thanks to ASEAN roles, which includes my visit to Myanmar.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Voice of America: A Misleading Intervention by Cambodia’s Hun Sen in Myanmar
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Until June 2022, Hun Sen has used 4 April 1951 as his legal birthdate even if he was actually born on 5 August 1952.
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Hun Sen had it changed for believing the death of his brother in May 2022 due to a cardiac arrest was related to this superstition since he also had an incorrect birth date.
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2021· 2 entries
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated the claim “Photo showing Hun Sen riding motorbike with Cambodian king” Altered.
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Claimed: ““I sincerely appreciate and place high value on our journalists who have made great efforts to overcome obstacles and dangers in fulfilling their duties to actively broadcast and publish news on what is really happening in the country.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2020· 3 entries
Claimed: ““I only have the ability to stop wars and armed conflicts. But I don’t have the ability to become a preacher to teach a group who attempt to destroy the nation with a color revolution.”” — rated False by VOA.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Hun Sen diagnosed with novel coronavirus” False.
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The European Union suspended its Everything but Arms preferential trade agreement with Cambodia due to concerns over human rights violations under Hun Sen's government
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2019· 1 entry
As opposition party leaders prepared to return to the country, Sen ordered the military to "attack them wherever you see them—you don't need arrest warrants at all" while speaking at a graduation ceremony for exceptional
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2018· 3 entries
The Diplomat: Hun Sen’s Monument to Himself
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Which undermined its independence and aligned it closer to the government
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Was elected to a sixth and final term in a largely unopposed poll after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party, with the CPP winning every seat in the National Assembly
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2017· 4 entries
Awarded Confucius Peace Prize (2017).
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Said he would be prepared to "eliminate 100 or 200 people if they would destabilize the peace in Cambodia" while speaking at commemoration for his defection from the Khmer Rouge
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Disputes occurred on the Cambodia–Laos border, and Hun Sen called on the Laotian army to leave Cambodian territory
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Hun Sen's official page was the eighth-most liked Facebook page of any world leader and as of December 2020 was the most liked Facebook page in Cambodia
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2016· 1 entry
And a number of allies have also accumulated considerable personal wealth during his tenure
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Guangxi University for Nationalities (2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Hun Sen and the CPP were reelected with a significantly reduced majority amidst a resurgent opposition
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2010· 1 entry
Manet was promoted Major General in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and became the Deputy Commander of the Prime Minister's Body Guard headquarters
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2008· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of the Nation (2008).
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2000· 2 entries
As "utterly merciless and ruthless, without humane feelings"
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Hun Sen and his government was described by former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew in 2000 as "utterly merciless and ruthless, without humane feelings".
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Cambodia (1998–2023).
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1997· 1 entry
The coalition became unstable due to tensions between Ranariddh and Hun Sen
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Order of National Merit (1996).
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Cambodia (1993–1998).
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1988· 1 entry
But they legally disowned her in 2007 for being lesbian
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1987· 1 entry
Amnesty International accused Hun Sen's government of torturing thousands of political prisoners, using "electric shocks, hot irons and near-suffocation with plastic bags
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1985· 2 entries
Was elected as Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Prime Minister
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993).
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1977· 2 entries
During internal purges of the Khmer Rouge regime, Hun Sen and his battalion cadres fled to Vietnam
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And fighting alongside Vietnamese forces in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War
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1975· 1 entry
Hun Sen is blind in one eye because of an injury he sustained during the 1975 fall of Phnom Penh while fighting for the Khmer Rouge.
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1972· 1 entry
Two years after joining the Khmer Rouge as a soldier
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1970· 1 entry
Sen gave up his education to join the Khmer Rouge following Sihanouk's call to join the insurgency
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-08-05.
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