An A-Z Of Khmer Issarak Leaders
The following is a list of some of the leading figures of the Khmer Issarak movement on the left and right from the 1940’s-1955. Many sources in French, English and…
Independence & Geneva: History Of Khmer Issaraks III
This continues from PART ONE and PART TWO 1953 will be remembered as the year that Cambodia achieved independence after 90 years of French colonial rule. The year began with…
Splits & Alliances- History Of The Khmer Issarak Part Two
The following article follows from PART ONE. The piecing together of the rebel movements becomes a little complicated, as there were various name changes, so the glossary of terms used…
Rebels With Different Causes: History Of The Khmer Issarak Part I
The Khmer Rouge is by far the most recognized militant organization in Cambodian history- and rightly so considering the group’s murderous regime which began in 1975. However, the Khmer Rouge…
This Week In Cambodian History- June 25-July 1
On June 25, 1952, the US Legation (opened in Phnom Penh on November 14, 1950 and initially operating from the Hotel Le Royal) was raised to Embassy status at which…
This Week In Cambodian History: June 18-24
On June 18,1936, Paule Monique Izzi was born in Saigon. Her father, Jean-François Izzi, was a French banker of Corsican, French and Italian descent, who was Director of Crédit Foncier in Saigon, and killed in World…
This Week In Cambodian History: May 7-13
On May 7, 1959, President Eisenhower sent the following personal message to Prince Sihanouk, who was, at the time in France. The letter was delivered to Nong Kimny for forwarding to Prince Sihanouk in…
This Week In History- January 8-14
On January 8, 1958, King Norodom Suramarit dissolved the National Assembly. On January 8, 1976, Zhou Enlai, died. The former PRC Premier had a close relationship with Sihanouk that spanned…
Plots & Conspiracies- Son Ngoc Thanh & The Khmer Serei II: 1957-60
This continues from PART ONE After the election victory of Sihanouk’s Sangkum in 1955, the new government soon facing suspicion from neighboring Thailand and South Vietnam. Both nations were fighting…
Son Ngoc Thanh & The Khmer Serei I: 1955-56
By 1956, the nationalist, long-term rebel and sometime politician Son Ngoc Thanh had seen the fragmentation of the Issarak movement he helped found in the 1940’s. Many of his former…
The Rise & Fall Of Sam Sary
Sam Sary (1917 – 1963?) was a prominent Cambodian politician, who fell from grace after a series of scandals both at home and abroad. Sam Sary was born on March…
The Murder Of Le Commissaire: Jean de Raymond, 1951
Two years before Cambodian independence, the most important representative of Colonial France in the country was found lying dead in a pool of blood. Jean Léon François Marie de Raymond…
Monks, Media & Militias- The Umbrella War, July 1942
By 1942, with much of the motherland under Nazi occupation and the rest under the collaborating Vichy government rule, the few French left in Indochina were isolated and cut off…
Cambodian Prime Ministers V- Rise Of The Right 1966-72
*Continuing from PART I , PART II, PART III and PART IV Lon Nol 22 Oct 1966 – 2 May 1967: 192 days 14 Aug 1969 – 10 Mar 1972: 939 days Total: 1,131…
Cambodian Prime Ministers III- Independence & Early Sangkum 1953-60
*Continuing from PART I and PART II After King Sihanouk took control of government for the 3rd time (June 16 1952 – January 24 1953), he rushed forward his plans for…
Cambodian Prime Ministers 2: 1949-Independence
The term ‘Prime Minister’ is used loosely to refer to the parliamentary Head of State- as other terms are used in Cambodian political history. There may be major gaps in…
