Lon Nol
Lon Nol | |
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លន់ នល់ | |
Nol in 1972 | |
| President of the Khmer Republic | |
| In office 10 March 1972 – 1 April 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Sisowath Sirik Matak Son Ngoc Thanh Hang Thun Hak In Tam Long Boret |
| Preceded by | Cheng Heng |
| Succeeded by | Saukham Khoy (acting) |
| Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic | |
| In office 14 August 1969 – 20 April 1971 | |
| Monarch | Sisowath Kossamak (1969–1970) |
| President | Norodom Sihanouk Cheng Heng |
| Deputy | Sisowath Sirik Matak |
| Preceded by | Penn Nouth |
| Succeeded by | Sisowath Sirik Matak |
| In office 25 October 1966 – 1 May 1967 | |
| Monarch | Sisowath Kossamak |
| President | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Norodom Kantol |
| Succeeded by | Son Sann |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 7 June 1968 – 15 November 1971 | |
| Monarch | Sisowath Kossamak (1968-1970) |
| President | Cheng Heng Norodom Sihanouk |
| Prime Minister | Penn Nouth Himself Sisowath Sirik Matak |
| In office 10 September 1959 – 25 October 1966 | |
| Monarchs | Norodom Suramarit Sisowath Kossamak |
| President | Sisowath Monireth Norodom Sihanouk |
| Prime Minister | Norodom Sihanouk Pho Proeung Penn Nouth Nhiek Tioulong (acting) Chau Sen Cocsal (acting) Norodom Kantol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1913 |
| Died | 17 November 1985 (aged 72) |
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| Relatives | Lon Nil, Lon Non, Antoine Pinto |
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| Military service | |
| 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 |
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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.