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Non was born in the early 20's, [1] the son of Lon Hin, a Cambodian district administrator from Prey Veng. He attended Collège Norodom Sihanouk in Kampong Cham; his best friend there was a youth called Saloth Sar, who would later become better known as Pol Pot. [2] He was first trained as an officer in the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia.
Lon Nol លន់ នល់ (1913–1985) 1972: 10 March 1972 [9] 1 April 1975 [10] 3 years, 22 days PRS / FANK — Saukam Khoy សូកាំ ខូយ (1915–2008) Acting for Lon Nol — 1 April 1975 12 April 1975 11 days PRS / FANK : 8 Sak Sutsakhan សក់ ស៊ុតសាខន (1928–1994) Chairman of the Supreme Committee — 12 ...
Marshal Lon Nol (Khmer: លន់ នល់, also លន់ ណុល; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor.
Hun Sen was implicated in corruption related to Cambodia's oil wealth and mineral resources in the Global Witness 2009 report on Cambodia. He and his close associates were accused of carrying out secret negotiations with interested private parties, taking money from those [ further explanation needed ] who would be granted rights to exploit the ...
This is a list of notable Cambodian people, persons from Cambodia or of Khmer descent.. Aki Ra; Am Rong; Ampor Tevi; Arn Chorn-Pond; Beat Richner; Bérénice Marlohe; Bour Kry; Chan Nak ...
Prime Minister Lon Nol (2nd from left) and President Cheng Heng (far right) with US Vice President Spiro Agnew during his visit to Cambodia, September 1970.. Sihanouk himself claimed that the coup was the result of an alliance between his longstanding enemies, the exiled right-wing nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh, the politician Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (depicted by Sihanouk as a disgruntled ...
No longer a monarchy, Cambodia was semi-officially called "État du Cambodge" (State of Cambodia) in the intervening six months after the coup, until the republic was proclaimed. [a] It also marked the change of Cambodia involvement in the Vietnam War, as Lon Nol issued an ultimatum to North Vietnamese forces to leave Cambodia. [3]
Lon Nol's anti-Communist Government of the Khmer Republic (1970 - 1975) was claiming the Mekong Delta (Southwestern Vietnam) from South Vietnam, [7] raising an unwelcome question to the anti-Communist Government of the South Vietnam Republic but fully satisfying the Khmer Krom organization's expectations.