Jump to content

Khmer Rouge unrecognized government

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia
រដ្ឋាភិបាលបណ្តោះអាសន្ននៃសហភាពជាតិនិងសង្គ្រោះជាតិកម្ពុជា
Khmer Rouge
1994–1998
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea
Anthem: Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey
The parallel government controlled parts of the Pailin Province, which in 1996 became a semi-autonomous of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The parallel government controlled parts of the Pailin Province, which in 1996 became a semi-autonomous of the Kingdom of Cambodia[2]
Image
Image
The parallel government also controlled areas of Preah Vihear Province and Oddar Meancheay Province
StatusParallel government of the Khmer Rouge[3]
Capital
and largest municipality		Pailin
Common languagesKhmer
GovernmentProvisional government
De facto leader 
• 1994–1997
Pol Pot[4][5]
• 1997–1998
Ta Mok[6][7][8]
Prime Minister 
• 1994–1998
Khieu Samphan
Deputy Prime Minister 
• 1994–1997
Son Sen
History 
• Established
11 July 1994
• Dissolved
22 June 1998
CurrencyRiel
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Image 1993:
Democratic Kampuchea
Image 1994:
Kingdom of Cambodia
1998:
Kingdom of Cambodia		 Image
Today part ofCambodia

The Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (PGNUNSC) was an internationally unrecognised and ostensibly provisional government set up by the Khmer Rouge[9] on July 11, 1994,[10] in opposition to the established Kingdom of Cambodia.

History

[edit]

PGNUNSC's Prime Minister was Khieu Samphan (who was also head of the armed forces) and its Deputy Prime Minister (in charge also of foreign affairs) was Son Sen. It was staffed by members of the Cambodian National Unity Party. Areas it controlled included Pailin (the capital of the provisional government) and Preah Vihear (where it was based.[11]) The Khmer Rouge radio station was also known as the "Radio of the Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia."[12] Other ministers included Chan Youran, Mak Ben, In Sopheap, Kor Bun Heng, Pich Cheang and Chuon Choeun.[13]

In August 1996 senior Khmer Rouge official Ieng Sary defected from the Khmer Rouge regime with two armed divisions and the formation of his own party, the Democratic National Union Movement, which in turn encouraged more defections from the regime as Pol Pot ordered the assassinations of Son Sen (successful) and Ta Mok (failed)[14] In mid-June 1997 Khieu Samphan (who had by now founded the Khmer National Solidarity Party) denounced Pol Pot and began discussing demobilization and a return to civilian life.[15]

With Pol Pot's death in April 1998 and widespread sentiment within the Khmer Rouge for an end to an almost 20-year conflict. After Pol Pot's death Khmer Rouge members defected and are offering land in areas under their control to returnees and displaced persons - so-called reconciliation zones - in exchange for development aid and funding to clear mines.[16] Khieu Samphan and Ta Mok dissolved the provisional government on June 22, 1998, basically ending the Khmer Rouge regime.[17]

See also

[edit]

Liberated Area of Cambodia

References

[edit]
  1. "Cambodia: No solution to impunity: the case of Ta Mok". 22 April 1999.
  2. ↑ "Cambodia: No solution to impunity: the case of Ta Mok". 22 April 1999.
  3. ↑ https://phnompenhpost.com/national/split-formalized-kr-declare-govt/
  4. ↑ https://www.youngpioneertours.com/the-last-khmer-rouge-state/
  5. ↑ "Men Once Led By Pol Pot Say They Have Him". New York Times. 19 June 1997.
  6. ↑ https://www.youngpioneertours.com/ta-mok-brother-number-4/
  7. ↑ "Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge Head Facing Genocide Trial, Dies". The Associated Press. 21 July 2006.
  8. ↑ "Former Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok dies". NBC News. 21 July 2006.
  9. ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/08/05/Khmer-Rouge-claim-booby-trap-success/6054776059200/
  10. ↑ United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Daily report: East Asia. Index, Volume 16, Part 2. NewsBank. 1996. p. 456.
  11. ↑ Alan John Day. Political Parties of the World. 1996. p. 110.
  12. ↑ Human Rights Watch. Cambodia At War. 1995. p. 25.
  13. ↑ International Federation of Social Science Organizations. Transition Regimes: Political and Socio-Economic Transformations. 1998. p. 157.
  14. ↑ Donald F. Busky. Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. 2002. p. 38.
  15. ↑ Far East and Australasia 2003. 2002. p. 236.
  16. ↑ https://www.unhcr.org/publications/refugees-magazine-issue-112-going-home-mozambique-revisited-cambodia-killing-fields
  17. ↑ Sucheng Chan. Survivors: Cambodian Refugees in the United States. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. 2004. p. 255.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khmer_Rouge_unrecognized_government&oldid=1380579453"