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Prince Norodom Rannaridh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Prince Norodom Rannaridh Prince Norodom Rannaridh (born 1944) became first prime minister of Cambodia...Prince Sihanouk, restored to rule after 23 years in exile. Prince Norodom Rannaridh's career was as a politician, lawyer, professor...
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Prince Norodom Sihanouk A Cambodian nationalist and political leader, Prince Norodom Sihanouk (born 1922) secured Cambodia's independence...rivalries. The first of the four children of Prince Norodom Suramarit and Princess Monivong Kossamak, Prince...
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Norodom Sihamoni
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Norodom Sihamoni 1953-, king of Cambodia (2004-). A son of King Norodom Sihanouk and his fifth wife, Norodom Sihamoni was trained as a dancer and taught dance (1981-2000) in Paris, choreographed, and directed his own dance company...
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Norodom Sihanouk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Norodom Sihanouk , 1922-, king of Cambodia...1955 he abdicated in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit, but retained the premiership...He abdicated in 2004 in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni. Bibliography: See his memoirs...
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Cambodia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...1953, Cambodia achieved independence from France. Prince Norodom Sihanouk became king. In 1955 he abdicated to become Prime...banned. In 1997, Hun Sen ousted his co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh. Hun Sen gained victory in 1998 elections, amid...
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Hun Sen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...signing (1991) of a peace agreement with both the Khmer Rouge and Norodom Sihanouk 's forces and then national elections in 1993, Hun Sen became copremier with royalist Prince Norodom Ranariddh. In 1997, after a period of tension in the coalition...
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Pol Pot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Ieng Sary, the future DK foreign minister, and Hou Yuon, an independent Marxist radical who repeatedly served in Prince Norodom Sihanouk's cabinets until his death in 1975 in the Pol Pot holocaust). Pol Pot soon became an anti-colonialist, Marxist...
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Lon Nol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Lon Nol , 1913-85, Cambodian general and political leader. He became defense minister and army chief of staff in 1955 in Norodom Sihanouk 's government. He served as premier (1966-67) under Sihanouk. In 1970, he led the coup that deposed Sihanouk...
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Khmer Rouge
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...supported by the Vietnamese, founded a People's Republic in 1979. In 1982 the Khmer Rouge joined a coalition with Prince Norodom Sihanouk (the former Cambodian leader) and the Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front. From 1988 attempts were made to...
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Heng Samrin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...various hues, shaped his initial combat experience. The deft political maneuvering in 1953-1954 by Cambodian ruler Prince Norodom Sihanouk in order to achieve his country's complete independence from French colonial rule left Cambodian Communists and...
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