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Lon Nol
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Lon Nol (lŏn nōl), 1913–85, Cambodian general and political leader. He became defense minister and army chief of staff in 1955 in Norodom Sihanouk Sihanouk, Norodom (nōrōdŭm` sĭhənŭk`), 1922–, king of Cambodia (1941–55, 1993–2004).
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's government. He served as premier (1966–67) under Sihanouk. In 1970, he led the coup that deposed Sihanouk, and assumed control of the government. He attempted unsuccessfully to suppress the Communist Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge (kəmĕr` rzh), name given to native Cambodian Communists.
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 guerrillas, and his efforts plunged the country into civil war. After temporarily relinquishing power, he seized control in 1972 and suspended the constitution. Due to his inept leadership and anti-Communist fervor, he was forced to leave the country in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge advanced on the capital city. He settled in Hawaii.

Lon Nol

(born Nov. 13, 1913, Prey Vêng, Camb.—died Nov. 17, 1985, Fullerton, Calif., U.S.) Cambodian military and political leader. A magistrate in the French colonial service, he became successively head of the national police (1951), army chief of staff (1955), and commander in chief (1960). He was twice premier (1966–67, 1969–70) under Norodom Sihanouk. In 1970 he was the chief architect of the U.S.-supported coup that deposed Sihanouk. He abandoned Sihanouk's policy of neutrality in the Vietnam War and threw Cambodia's support behind the U.S. and South Vietnam. In 1972 he assumed total power in Cambodia; he fled to the U.S. in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge takeover was imminent.



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April 17, 2005 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the forces of Democratic Kampuchea--the egregious "Khmer Rouge"--over the Khmer Republic of General Lon Nol, who in turn had overthrown Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970.
In fact, the Vietnamese had mastered the art of bronze long before the Han conquest, Phan Boi Chau died in house arrest in 1940 and had long since ceased to be active in politics, and Sihanouk was overthrown by General Lon Nol in 1970.
 
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