10 Facts About Heng Samrin

Heng Samrin is a Cambodian politician who served as the President of the National Assembly of Cambodia.

Heng Samrin has been a member of Parliament since 14 June 1993.

Heng Samrin is the oldest member of parliament, and the longest-serving president of the National Assembly in history.

Heng Samrin was born in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, in 1934.

Heng Samrin joined the Khmer Rouge communist movement led by Pol Pot, and became a political commissar and army division commander when the Khmer Rouge, backed by China, took over the government in 1975.

Later that year, Heng returned to Cambodia and organized a resistance movement with the backing and support of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.

Heng Samrin became chairman of the People's Revolutionary Council of the PRK in 1979.

When King Norodom Sihanouk was restored in 1993, Heng Samrin was given the honorary title of Samdech, senior advisor of the King, and was made honorary chairman of Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party.

Heng Samrin was vice chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia.

The Cambodian People's Party recently released a book about Heng Samrin called A Man of the People, dedicated to him as a hero.