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Pen Sovan

1936 - 2016

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Pen Sovan (Khmer: ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ; 15 April 1936 – 29 October 2016) was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who served as the Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Cambodia from 27 June 1979 to 5 December 1981. He also served as General Secretary of the Cambodia People's Revolutionary Party (CPRP) from 1979 to 1981. He was arrested and removed from office in December 1981 by the Vietnamese for irritating Lê Đức Thọ, the chief adviser to the PRK government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pen Sovan has received more than 164,359 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pen Sovan is the 13,991st most popular politician (down from 13,713th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Cambodian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pen Sovan ranks 13,991 out of 19,576. Before him are Norbert Ratsirahonana, José de la Mar, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Seán T. O'Kelly, Ikililou Dhoinine, and Ioannis Andreou. After him are Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Ibrahim Nasir, Milan Bandić, Fritz Graebner, and Juan Álvarez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Pen Sovan ranks 348. Before him are Chavarat Charnvirakul, Agnieszka Osiecka, Mike Spence, Iya Savvina, Míriam Colón, and Betty Curtis. After him are László Szabó, José Torres, Anton Allemann, Hans van den Broek, David Suzuki, and Abdelhamid Brahimi. Among people deceased in 2016, Pen Sovan ranks 304. Before him are Doreen Massey, Alcindo, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Geydar Dzhemal, Eddy Wally, and Manfred Krug. After him are Anatoli Ilyin, Elizabeth Roemer, Gotlib, Oliver Shanti, Anne Jackson, and Caio Júnior.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Pen Sovan ranks 32 out of 40. Before him are Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914), Sinn Sisamouth (1933), Penn Nouth (1906), Jayavarman V (958), and Hun Manet (1977). After him are Dith Pran (1942), Sam Rainsy (1949), François Chau (1959), Rithy Panh (1964), Somaly Mam (1970), and Patricia Hy-Boulais (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cambodia

Among politicians born in Cambodia, Pen Sovan ranks 27. Before him are Son Sann (1911), Ang Mey (1815), Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914), Penn Nouth (1906), and Hun Manet (1977). After him are Sam Rainsy (1949).

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