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Lon Nol
Marshal
Lon Nol
(; November 13, 1913 – November 17, 1985) was a
Cambodian
politician
and
general
who served as
Prime Minister of Cambodia
twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as Defense Minister. He led a
military coup
against Prince
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1970 and became the self-proclaimed
President
of the newly created
Khmer Republic
, ruling until
1975
. He was the founder and leader of the short-lived
Social Republican Party
, and commander-in-chief of the
Khmer National Armed Forces
.
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