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Pen Sovan
Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea (1936-2016) · Cambodia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 80
Pen Sovann was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who served as the Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Cambodia from 27 June 1981 to 5 December 1981. He also served as General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (CPRP) from 1979 to 1981.
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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.
