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Hun Sen

1952 - Today

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Samdech Hun Sen (; Khmer: ហ៊ុន សែន, UNGEGN: Hŭn Sên [hun saen]; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician, and former army general who currently serves as the president of the Senate. He previously served as the prime minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 1993 and from 1998 to 2023. Hun Sen is the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hun Sen has received more than 2,837,840 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Hun Sen is the 1,966th most popular politician (up from 2,345th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Cambodia and the 5th most popular Cambodian Politician.

Hun Sen is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Cambodia.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hun Sen ranks 1,966 out of 19,576Before him are Anne Neville, Unas, Emperor Wen of Han, Quintus Sertorius, Jarosław Kaczyński, and Gaston, Duke of Orléans. After him are Risto Ryti, Boris Johnson, Afonso VI of Portugal, Philipp Scheidemann, Lothair II, and Aurelius Victor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Hun Sen ranks 22Before him are Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Reeve, Salome Zourabichvili, Jostein Gaarder, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Sammo Hung. After him are Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Goldblum, Cyril Ramaphosa, Oleg Blokhin, Zoran Đinđić, and Laura Branigan.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Hun Sen ranks 5 out of 40Before him are Pol Pot (1925), Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Nuon Chea (1926), and Lon Nol (1913). After him are Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Jayavarman II (800), and Ta Mok (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Hun Sen ranks 5Before him are Pol Pot (1925), Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Nuon Chea (1926), and Lon Nol (1913). After him are Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Jayavarman II (800), and Suryavarman II (1095).