Ex PM of Cambodia Penn Sovann dies
Q. Who was the first post Khmer Rouge PM holding office from June to December 1981?- Published on 01 Nov 16a. Pen Sovann
b. Chen Sovann
c. Len Sovann
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Pen Sovann
Former Cambodian PM Pen Sovann who was installed and imprisoned by the Vietnamese after the defeat of the Khmer Rouge regime has passed away.
- He died at the age of 80 on 29th Oct 2016 in his hometown in Takeo province.
- Pen Sovann was the first post Khmer Rouge PM of the country holding office from June to December 1981.
- In late 1981, Pen Sovann was removed from power by the Vietnamese in an ouster triggered by his calls for the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia.
- He was also imprisoned for 10 years in Hanoi.
- Pen Sovann founded the Cambodian National Sustaining Party which took place in the 1998 election but did not win a parliament seat.
- In the year 2012, he joined the Cambodia National Rescue Party and won the parliamentary seat in the 2013 general election.
- Pen Sovann was an exiled Cambodian communist who fled the nation after criticising the Khmer Rouge regime.
