Lon Nol

His Excellency Marshal Lon Nol
លន់ នល់
Nol in 1972
1st 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[a]
In office 14 August 1969 – 20 April 1971 [1]
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[2]
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[2]
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	(1913-11-13)13 November 1913 Kampong Leav District, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died	November 17, 1985(1985-11-17) (aged 72) St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California, U.S.
Political party	Social Republican (1972–1975) Independent (1970–1972) Sangkum (1955–1970) Khmer Renovation Party (1947–1955)
Parents	Lon Hin (father) Mau Nuon (mother)
Relatives	Lon Nil, Lon Non, Antoine Pinto[3]
Signature
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
Battles/wars	First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War

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Marshal 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 (1966–67; 1969–71), 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, 16 days before the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, Lon Nol fled to the United States, first to Hawaii and then to California, where he remained until his death in 1985.

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