Pen Sovan
Pen Sovan | |
|---|---|
| ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ | |
General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party | |
| In office 5 January 1979 – 4 December 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Tou Samouth |
| Succeeded by | Heng Samrin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1936 Cambodia People's Republic of Kampuchea |
| Branch/service | Khmer Issarak Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation |
| Years of service | 1949–1981 |
| Battles/wars | First Indochina War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
Pen Sovan (
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 5 August 2014, serving until his death in October 2016.
Biography
Pen Sovan was born in Chan Teab Village, Samraong Commune, Tram Kak District, Takéo province.[1] He first joined the Khmer Issarak at the age of 13 in 1950 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.[2]
Sovan was a founding leader of
Sovan was arrested on 2 December 1981 for irritating
See also
References
- ^ "ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ ជីវប្រវត្តិសង្ខេប និងបុព្វហេតុជាតិមាតុភូមិកម្ពុជា". www.elibraryofcambodia.org.
- ISBN 978-974-9575-34-5
- ^ "Cambodia - THE KPRP".
- ISBN 978-974-9575-34-5
- Washington Post. 30 October 2016. ("Cambodia's first post-Khmer Rouge prime minister dies at 80 - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the originalon 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.)
- ^ Moniroth, Mam (30 October 2016). "សពអតីតនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីលោក ប៉ែនសុវណ្ណ អាចនឹងត្រូវដង្ហែពីខេត្តតាកែវទៅបូជានៅភ្នំពេញ" [Former Prime Minister Pen Sovan to be cremated in Phnom Penh]. Radio Free Asia (in Khmer). Retrieved 30 October 2016.
លោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ បានទទួលមរណភាពនៅម៉ោង ៧ និង ១៧នាទី យប់ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ទី២៩ តុលា ដោយរោគាពាធ ក្នុងជន្មាយុ ៨០ឆ្នាំ នាគេហដ្ឋានរបស់លោកនៅភូមិស្នោ សង្កាត់រកាក្នុង ក្រុងដូនកែវ ខេត្តតាកែវ [Pen Sovan passed away at 7:17pm Saturday 29 October of natural causes at the age of 80 at his home in Snor Village, Rorka Knong Commune, Doun Kaev City, Takéo Province.]
- ^ "Ex-PM Sovann cremated in capital". The Phnom Penh Post. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Opposition Appoints Official to Replace Pen Sovan". The Cambodia Daily. 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
Bibliography
- Luke Young: Cambodian Political History. The Case of Pen Sovann In: Monthly Review 65.1 (November 2013).
- Scalapino, Robert A.; Wanadi, Jusuf; Economic, political, and security issues in Southeast Asia in the 1980s, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1982, ISBN 0912966521