People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity
Any Monarchs and royalty 1 Military command 1
Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any Cambodia state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) 2 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 2 Democratic Kampucheastate 2 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1 People’s Republic of Kampucheastate 1

All 6 affiliations

Cambodia

Cambodia state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) 2 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 2 Democratic Kampucheastate 2 People’s Republic of Kampucheastate 1

Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1
Position
Any Counter-revolutionary forces 1 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 1
Citizenship
Any Cambodia 2
Background(set)
Any Cambodia 2
Era
Any

People of the wider world

The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 2
Cambodia state institutions (state) Background: Cambodia Clear all

Nol Lon

លន់ នល់
Cambodia state institutions Counter-revolutionary forces Cambodian Cambodian 1913–1985 ○ Natural causes · United States

Cambodian military officer and politician who led the Khmer Republic as prime minister and president

Lon Nol held senior military and government posts in Cambodia and was a principal architect of the March 1970 coup that removed Norodom Sihanouk. As premier of the new government, he abandoned Sihanouk’s neutrality and aligned closely with the United States and South Vietnam, permitting their forces to operate in Cambodia. He assumed total power in 1972 and became president; as Khmer Rouge forces neared the capital, he left Cambodia for the United States in April 1975.

Career timeline
  • 1937Entered the French colonial service and served as a magistrate
  • 1951Served as provincial governor and head of the national police
  • 1952Joined the army and fought Vietnamese communist guerrillas in Cambodia as an area commander
  • 1955Became chief of staff of the Cambodian army
  • 1960Became commander in chief
  • 1963Served as deputy premier
  • 1966–1967Served as premier
  • 1968–1969Served as minister of defense
  • 1969–1972Served as premier under Sihanouk and became a leading figure in the government after the March 1970 coup
  • 1972Assumed total power and became president
  • 1975Left Cambodia on April 1 as Khmer Rouge forces neared the capital and settled in the United States

Norodom Sihanouk

នរោត្តម សីហនុ
Cambodia state institutions National liberation and anti-colonial movements Cambodia Cambodia 1922–2012 ○ Died in Beijing in

Cambodian king and united-front leader

In June 1982 he joined the Khmer Rouge and Son Sann's KPNLF in an anti-Vietnamese coalition government and became its president, retaining Cambodia's UN seat.

King, head of state and prime minister of Cambodia. He came to the throne in 1941 under French colonial rule, led the country to independence in 1953, abdicated in 1955 to enter politics and was removed in 1970. Held under house arrest under the Khmer Rouge in 1975–1979, he led a resistance coalition allied with the Khmer Rouge in 1982–1991, was restored as king in 1993 and abdicated again in 2004.

Career timeline
  • 1941–1955King of Cambodia
  • 1955–1960Led the Sangkum and served as prime minister and head of state
  • 1960–1970Head of state
  • 1981Founded the resistance party FUNCINPEC
  • 1982–1987President of the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK)
  • 1991–1993Chairman of the Supreme National Council
  • 1993–2004King of Cambodia