When Indonesia’s dictator Dr Sukarno wanted to set up his own Olympic Games in 1962, he had two friends help him out – Kim Il-Sung, and Cambodia’s Nihodom Sihanouk.

Sihanouk, the so called ‘King-Father’ of Cambodia who died last week, didn’t have any gold medals to his name, although the totalitarian leader excelled elsewhere: he holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of political offices held by one individual.

He was, across a six decade career, a prince, a king, a dictator, a president, a prime minister (twice), and a leader-in-exile. Kim Il-Sung loved the guy, and built