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After the French establishment of a colony in Cochinchina (present-day southern Vietnam) in 1862, King Norodom of Cambodia requested a French protectorate over his kingdom. At the time, Pierre-Paul de La Grandière , colonial governor of Cochinchina, was carrying out plans to expand French rule over the whole of Vietnam and viewed Cambodia as a ...
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes French suzerainty: April 1863 to July 1866: Ernest Marc Louis de Gonzague Doudart de Lagrée, Representative: July 1866 to 20 February 1868
Cambodia gained its independence in November 1953, thanks to Prince Norodom Sihanouk. [2] France and Cambodia enjoy close relations, stemming partly from the days of the French Protectorate and partly from the role played by France in the signing of the peace agreements in Paris in 1991, [3] and further cemented by the French language. These ...
Treaties of the French protectorate of Cambodia (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "French protectorate of Cambodia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The term "Post-Angkor Period of Cambodia", also the "Middle Period" [87] refers to the historical era from the early 15th century to 1863, the beginning of the French Protectorate of Cambodia. Reliable sources – particularly for the 15th and 16th century – are very rare.
The treaty saved Cambodian independence, but French control over Cambodia's internal affairs strengthened continually until the end of his reign (full independence was not restored until 1953). [1] His reign of 43 years and 188 days is the longest in Cambodian history in terms of verifiable exact date.
Kingdom of Cambodia → Treaties concluded or ratified by the French Protectorate of Cambodia (1863–1953). Unless denounced, a treaty ratified by the French Protectorate of Cambodia remains in force for Cambodia.
Although Cambodia had achieved independence by late 1953, its military situation remained unsettled. Noncommunist factions of the Khmer Issarak had joined the government, but pro-communist Viet Minh and United Issarak Front activities increased at the very time French Union forces were stretched thin elsewhere.