Cambodia Timeline - Pol Pot

By Juicy68
  • Independence

    Cambodia gets Independence from France
  • King Sihanouk abdicated

    King Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
  • Khmer Rouge allies

    Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk
  • Cambodia's relationship breaks

    Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Khmer Rouge ends

    Khmer Rouge's rule ends
  • The Throne

    Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.
  • Pol Pot

    Death of Pol Pot
  • Truth about Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat rightfully belonged to Thailand.
  • Television Broadcaster Banned

    Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia.
  • New Prime Minister

    Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
  • New Successor

    Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor.
  • King Dies

    Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk died in Beijing at the age of 89.
  • Parliament

    Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge
  • Police

    Riot Police clear out a protest camp
  • Prime Minister

    Prime Minister, Kem Ley, is found shot in the head dead in the Capital, Phenom Penh.
  • Prison

    Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy is sentenced to five years in prison after a document is published on his Facebook page which the government says is a forgery
  • Sam Rainsy

    Sam Rainsy resigns as head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)
  • New Law

    Cambodia introduces lese-majeste law, which makes it a criminal offence to defame or insult the king
  • Famous Birthday

    King's birthday Sunday May 5, 2019