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Lon Nol
Lon Nol was a Cambodian general and politician who served as defence minister and prime minister under Norodom Sihanouk. On 18 March 1970, while Sihanouk was abroad, he and the national assembly deposed him, and Lon Nol proclaimed the Khmer Republic, becoming its president in 1972. Backed by the United States, his government fought the Khmer Rouge and North Vietnamese until he fled in April 1975. He died in the United States.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lon Nol. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lon-nol
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