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{{Short description|Cambodian politician}} {{Duplicated citations|reason=[[User:Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences|DuplicateReferences]] detected:<br> * https://thediplomat.com/asean-beat/2011/09/21/heng-samrin-man-of-the-people/ (refs: 8, 9) |date=March 2025}} {{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Heng|Samrin}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />[[Samdech|Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei]] | name = Heng Samrin | native_name = {{nobold|α αα αααα·α}} | honorific-suffix = | image = Samdech Heng Samrin 2018 cropped.jpg | caption = Samrin in 2018 | order = | office = [[List of presidents of the National Assembly of Cambodia|President of the National Assembly]] | deputy = | term_start = 21 March 2006 | term_end = 22 August 2023 | monarch = [[Norodom Sihamoni]] | vicepresident = [[Cheam Yeab]]<br>Khuon Sudary<br>[[Nguon Nhel]]<br>[[Say Chhum]]<br>[[Kem Sokha]]<br>[[You Hockry]] | predecessor = [[Norodom Ranariddh]] | successor = [[Khuon Sudary]] {{collapsed infobox section begin |Additional positions}} | office1 = | deputy1 = | president1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office5 = [[General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party]] | term_start5 = 5 December 1981 | term_end5 = 17 October 1991 | predecessor5 = [[Pen Sovan]] | successor5 = [[Chea Sim]]<br>{{small|as President}} | office6 = [[List of heads of state of Cambodia|President of the Council of State]]<br>Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Council until 27 June 1981 | primeminister6 = [[Pen Sovan]]<br>[[Chan Sy]]<br>[[Hun Sen]] | term_start6 = 10 January 1979 | term_end6 = 6 April 1992 | predecessor6 = [[Khieu Samphan]]<br>{{small|as Chairman of the State Presidium}} | successor6 = [[Chea Sim]] | office7 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Cambodia|National Assembly]] | term_start7 = 14 June 1993 | term_end7 = | constituency7 = [[Kandal (National Assembly constituency)|Kandal]] (1993β1998)<br>[[Kampong Cham (National Assembly constituency)|Kampong Cham]] (1998β2018)<br>[[Tboung Khmum Province|Tbong Khmum]] (2018βpresent) {{Collapsed infobox section end}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ponhea Kraek District]], [[Kampong Cham Province]], [[French Protectorate of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[French Indochina]]<br>(now in [[Tboung Khmum Province]]) | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Cambodian People's Party]] | otherparty = [[Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation]] | spouse = Sao Ty | children = 4 | alma_mater = | profession = | signature = | allegiance = {{flag|Cambodia}} | branch = [[Royal Cambodian Army]] | rank = [[Field marshal|Five-Star General]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-letter-sihanouk-praises-five-star-leaders|title = ROYAL LETTER: Sihanouk praises five star leaders}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://cppdailynews.blogspot.com/2009/12/his-majesty-promotes-cambodian-leaders.html | title=Welcome to Cambodian People's Party- CPP News and Information World Wide: His Majesty Promotes Cambodian Leaders to Five-Star General| date=27 December 2009}}</ref> | native_name_lang = km }} {{Contains special characters|Khmer}}'''Heng Samrin''' ({{langx|km|α αα αααα·α}}; born 25 May 1934) is a [[Cambodia]]n [[politician]] who served as the [[President of the National Assembly of Cambodia]] (2006β2023). Between 1979 and 1992, he was the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the [[Hanoi]]-backed [[People's Republic of Kampuchea]] (1979β1989) and [[People's Republic of Kampuchea#Transition and State of Cambodia (1989β1992)|State of Cambodia]] (1989β1992) and General Secretary of the [[Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party]] (1981β1991). He has been a [[member of Parliament]] since 14 June 1993. He is the oldest member of parliament, and the longest-serving president of the National Assembly in history. His honorary title is "'''Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin'''" ({{langx|km|αααααα α’ααααα αΆαααΆα ααααΈ α αα αααα·α|link=no}}).
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