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In 1977, during internal purges of the Khmer Rouge regime, Hun Sen and his battalion cadres fled to Vietnam.<ref name=":10" /> During the [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]] as Vietnam prepared to invade Cambodia, Hun Sen became one of the leaders of the [[Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation|Vietnamese-sponsored rebel army]]. Following the defeat of the Khmer Rouge regime, Hun Sen was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Vietnamese-installed [[People's Republic of Kampuchea|People's Republic of Kampuchea/State of Cambodia]] (PRK/SOC) in 1979 at age 26.<ref name=":4" /> The Vietnamese-appointed government appointed Sen some authority over the [[K5 Plan]], a Khmer Rouge containment strategy that saw the mass mobilization of civilian labor in constructing barricades and [[Land mines in Cambodia|land mines]], although the extent of his involvement is unclear.<ref name=":10" />

==Pol Pot Takes his Life==

On the evening of April 15 1998, just 2 days before anniversary of Khmer Rouge's brutal takeover of Cambodia on April 17 1975, Pol Pot committed suicide when he became aware of Ta Mok's plan to hand him over to the United States for war crimes trial. He ingested a lethal dose of a combination of Valium and Chloroquine which slowed down his breathing and thus his heart stopped. He never admitted that he did anything wrong to Cambodian people. On his death face, there were signs of suffering consistent with suicide. One of his eyes was opened. Pol Pot was cremated without any ceremony or fanfare. In 1999, the Khmer Rouge ceased to exist.

== First appointment as Prime Minister ==