Pen Sovan
| Pen Sovan | |
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Member of Parliament for Kampong Speu |
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In office August 5, 2014 – October 29, 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Suon Rida |
| 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
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In office June 27, 1981 – December 5, 1981 |
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| President | Heng Samrin |
| Preceded by | Pol Pot |
| Succeeded by | Chan Sy |
| Minister of National Defense | |
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In office January 7, 1979 – December 5, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Son Sen |
| Succeeded by | Bou Thang |
| General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party | |
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In office January 5, 1979 – December 5, 1981 |
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| Succeeded by | Heng Samrin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 15, 1936 Tram Kak, Takéo, Cambodia |
| Died | October 29, 2016 (aged 80) Doun Kaev, Takéo, Cambodia |
| Political party | Cambodia National Rescue Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Human Rights Party (2007–12) National Sustaining Party (1998–2007) Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (1978–81) Communist Party of Kampuchea (1958–74) |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Cambodia People's Republic of Kampuchea
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| Service/branch |
Khmer Issarak Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation
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| Years of service | 1949–1981 |
| Battles/wars |
First Indochina War Cambodian Civil War |
Pen Sovan (Khmer: ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ; April 15, 1936 – October 29, 2016) was a Cambodian politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea from June 27 to December 5, 1981, and was General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) from 1979 to 1981. He was arrested and removed from office in December 1981 by the Vietnamese for irritating Lê Đức Thọ, the chief adviser to the PRK government. He was imprisoned in Vietnam until January 1992.
Sovan founded the Cambodian National Sustaining Party, which contested in the 1998 election but did not win a seat in parliament. He later joined the Human Rights Party founded in 2007 and served as its vice president. In 2012, he became a member of the newly founded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and stood as an MP candidate for Kampong Speu. He was elected and was sworn in on August 5, 2014.
Pen Sovan was born into an ethnic Vietnamese family in Takéo. He first joined the Khmer Issarak at the age of 13 in 1949 and fought against the French. Two years later, Sovan joined the Indochinese Communist Party where he first met Ta Mok. Sovan supported the Khmer Rouge during the 1970-1973 civil war against the Khmer Republic and he worked along with Chan Sy under Khieu Thirith, in charge of the Voice of the United National Front of Kampuchea. From 1973 to 1979, Sovan lived in exile in Hanoi.
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