Cambodian reconstruction after 1979
At the December 1978 Kratie congress he proclaimed the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime and an independence moving toward socialism, and was elected president of the National Salvation Front.
A Cambodian leader who broke with the Khmer Rouge and cooperated with Vietnam. He led the People’s Republic of Kampuchea after the 1979 regime change. Reconstruction combined state, cooperative and household activity while war and international disputes over representation continued.
Activities and affiliations
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1979–1991
People’s Republic of Kampuchea state institutionsChairman of the People’s Revolutionary Council and Council of State, Kampuchea
Government and administration -
1981–1991
Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)General SecretaryMain
Political and party leadership -
2006–2023
Cambodia state institutionsPresident of the National Assembly of Cambodia
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1979Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Council
- 1981Chairman of the Council of State and General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party
- 1991Stepped down as party general secretary
- 1992Stepped down as chairman of the Council of State
- 1998Vice Chairman of the National Assembly
- 2006President of the National Assembly
Related historical events
State and economic-policy context
A Cambodian leader who broke with the Khmer Rouge and cooperated with Vietnam. He led the People’s Republic of Kampuchea after the 1979 regime change. Reconstruction combined state, cooperative and household activity while war and international disputes over representation continued.
Khmer Rouge collective farming operated alongside forced displacement, food controls, executions and persecution. Heng Samrin’s government combined state, cooperative and household activity with Vietnamese and Soviet-bloc support. Treating them as one uninterrupted agrarian model obscures these differences.