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Cambodian political leader, prime minister
from 1985. Originally a member of the Khmer
Rouge army, he defected in 1977 to join
Vietnam-based anti-Khmer Cambodian forces.
Born into a poor peasant family in the
eastern province of Kampang-Cham, Hun Sen
joined the Khmer Rouge in 1970. He rose to
become a regiment commander, but,
disillusioned, defected to the anti-Khmer
Cambodian forces in 1977. On his return to
Cambodia, following the Vietnamese-backed
communist takeover, he served as foreign
minister 1979, and then as prime minister
1985, promoting economic liberalization and a
thawing in relations with exiled, non-Khmer,
opposition forces as a prelude to a
compromise political settlement.