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Lon Nol
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Sisowath Sirik Matak , Son Ngoc Thanh , Hang Thun Hak , In Tam , Long Boret
- Preceded by
- Cheng Heng
- Succeeded by
- Saukham Khoy (acting)
- Monarch
- Sisowath Kossamak (1969–1970)
- President
- Norodom Sihanouk , Cheng Heng
- Deputy
- Sisowath Sirik Matak
- Monarchs
- Norodom Suramarit , Sisowath Kossamak
- Born
- ( 1913-11-13 ) 13 November 1913, Kampong Leav District , Prey Veng Province , Cambodia , French Indochina
- Died
- 17 November 1985 (1985-11-17) (aged 72), St. Jude Medical Center , Fullerton, California , U.S.
- Party
- Social Republican , (1972–1975) Independent , (1970–1972) Sangkum , (1955–1970) Khmer Renovation Party , (1947–1955)
- Parents
- Lon Hin (father) Mau Nuon (mother)
- Relatives
- Lon Nil , Lon Non , Antoine Pinto
- Allegiance
- First Kingdom of Cambodia , Khmer Republic
- Branch service
- Royal Cambodian Army , Khmer National Army
- Years of service
- 1952–1975
- Rank
- Marshal
- Commands
- Commander-in-Chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces
- Battles wars
- First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cambodia
- Place of birth
- Prey Veng Province
- Place of death
- Fullerton
- Sibling
- Lon Non
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Cambodia
- Political party
- Social Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Conflict
- Cambodian Civil War
- Military branch
- Royal Cambodian Army
- Military rank
- field marshal
- Image
- LonNol (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 9
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- date of birth
- 1913-11-13
- date of death
- 1985-11-17
- Commons category
- Lon Nol
- name in native language
- លន់ នល់
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Khmer National Armed Forces
- ethnic group
- Chinese Cambodians
- place of burial
- Fullerton
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 (1966–1967; 1969–1971), as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor. As a right-wing nationalist, he led the military coup of 1970 against Prince Norodom Sihanouk, abolished the monarchy, and established the short-lived Khmer Republic. Constitutionally a semi-presidential republic, Cambodia was de facto governed under a military dictatorship. He was the commander-in-chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces during the Cambodian Civil War and became President of the Khmer Republic on 10 March 1972. On 1 April 1975, as the only president of the republic 16 days before Angkar and the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, Lon Nol fled to Indonesia and later the United States; first to Hawaii and then to California, where he remained until his death in 1985.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lon Nol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.