Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945)

Kingdom of Kampuchea ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (Khmer) カンボジア王国 (Japanese)
1945
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Status	Puppet state of the Empire of Japan (until 15 August 1945)
Capital	Phnom Penh
Official languages	Japanese French Khmer
Religion	State Shinto Buddhism Roman Catholicism
Government	Absolute monarchy under Japanese occupation
Monarch
• 1945	Norodom Sihanouk
Prime Minister
• 1945	Norodom Sihanouk
• 1945	Sơn Ngọc Thành
Historical era	World War II
• Japanese coup d'état	9 March 1945
• Establishment	13 March 1945
• Surrender of Japan	15 August 1945
• French restoration	16 October 1945
Currency	French Indochinese piastre, Japanese military yen
Preceded by Succeeded by French protectorate of Cambodia French protectorate of Cambodia
Today part of	Cambodia

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The Kingdom of Kampuchea (Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា; Japanese: カンボジア王国) was a short-lived puppet state of the Empire of Japan, which existed from 9 March 1945 to 16 October 1945.