Pen Sovann, The former first Prime Minister of Cambodia on January 7, 1979

The former head of the Cambodian communist party, Sovann displeased his Vietnamese masters and paid the price--10 years in detention in Hanoi.

Pen Sovan, sometimes also spelt Pen Sovann (Khmer: ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ), (born April 15, 1939 in Chan Teap Village, Tram Prak, Takéo, Cambodia) was the first Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea. He served from June 27, 1981 until December 5, 1981. And he was Secretary General of Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP, French acronym 'PRPK') from 1979 to 5 December 1981 . The KPRP was originally a Marxist-Leninist party.

More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_Sovan

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about the National Holiday – Victory over Genocide Day (07 January 1979)