Ruler · 1916 – 1996

Cheng Heng

Lived 1916 – 1996; politician. Head of state of Khmer Republic, 1970 – 1972.

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Lived: 1916 – 1996; 80 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Khmer Republic
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Head of state

Khmer Republic · the 6th of 17 dated reigns · 1962 – 1979

2 before

Son Sann1967 – 1968

Penn Nouth1968 – 1969

Lon Nol1969 – 1971

Cheng Heng1970 – 1972

Sisowath Sirik Matak1971 – 1972

Sơn Ngọc Thành1972

Hang Thun Hak1972 – 1973

8 after

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1970 – 1972 · 2 years · came to it aged 54

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1972; they died in 1996

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