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- Government
-
- Long-form name: none.
-
- Type: disputed between the Coalition Government of Democratic
- Kampuchea (CGDK) led by Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK and the
- People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) led by HENG SAMRIN.
-
- Capital: Phnom Penh.
-
- Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (khet, singular and
- plural) and 1 autonomous municipality* (rottatheanei, singular
- and plural); Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang,
- Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Kracheh,
- Mondol Kiri, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Vihear, Prey
- Veng, Rotanokiri, Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey, Stoeng Treng,
- Svay Rieng, Takev; note--there may be a new province of
- Banteay Meanchey and Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey may have been
- divided into two provinces named Siemreab and Otdar Meanchey.
-
- Independence: 9 November 1953 (from France).
-
- Constitution: 27 June 1981.
-
- National holidays: CGDK--Independence Day, 17 April (1975);
- PRK--Liberation Day, 7 January (1979).
-
- Executive branch: CGDK--president, prime minister; PRK--chairman
- of the Council of State, Council of State, chairman of the
- Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers.
-
- Legislative branch: CGDK--none; PRK--unicameral National Assembly.
-
- Judicial branch: CGDK--none; PRK--Supreme People's Court.
-
- Leaders:
-
- Chief of State--CGDK--President Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK
- (since NA July 1982); PRK--Chairman of the Council of
- State HENG SAMRIN (since 27 June 1981);
-
- Head of Government--CGDK--Prime Minister SON SANN (since
- NA July 1982); PRK--Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- HUN SEN (since 14 January 1985).
-
- Political parties and leaders: CGDK--three resistance groups
- including Democratic Kampuchea (DK, also known as the Khmer
- Rouge) under Khieu Samphan, Khmer People's National Liberation
- Front (KPNLF) under Son Sann, and National United Front
- for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia
- (FUNCINPEC) under Prince Norodom Sihanouk; PRK--Kampuchean
- People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) led by Heng Samrin.
-
- Suffrage: universal at age 18.
-
- Elections:
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- CGDK--none;
-
- PRK--National Assembly--last held 1 May 1981; in February
- 1986 the Assembly voted to extend its term for five years
- (next to be held by March 1990); results--KPRP is the only
- party; seats--(123 total) KPRP 123.
-
- Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT (de
- facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL,
- IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee (inactive), NAM, UN, UNESCO,
- UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO for CGDK; none for PRK.
-
- Diplomatic representation: none.
-
- Flag:
-
- CGDK--red with the yellow silhouette of a stylized three-towered
- temple representing Angkor Wat in the center;
-
- Non-Communists--three horizontal bands of blue, red (double
- width), and blue with a white stylized temple representing
- Angkor Wat centered on the red band;
-
- PRK--red with the yellow silhouette of a stylized five-towered
- temple representing Angkor Wat in the center.
-