Heng Samrin served as a revolutionary soldier in eastern Cambodia for 11 years before founding the United Front for the National Salvation of Kampuchea in 1978 to overthrow the genocidal regime of Pol Pot. He emerged as head of state of the new People's Republic of Kampuchea founded in 1979. Between 1981 and 1991, he also served as secretary-general of the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party, now known as the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Heng Samrin was elected president of the Cambodian National Assembly in 2006 and has been honorary chairman of the CPP since 1991.
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