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.

Lon Nol (born Nov. 13, 1913, Prey Vêng, Cambodia—died Nov. 17, 1985, Fullerton, Calif., U.S.) was a soldier and politician whose overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk (1970) involved Cambodia in the Indochina war and ended in the takeover (1975) of …

Lon Nol was a Cambodian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia twice and was the self-proclaimed President of Khmer Republic.

Lon Nol (1913-1985) was a Cambodian general and prime minister, best known for leading a coup against Norodom Sihanouk in 1970. Lon Nol was born into an affluent family in Prey Veng province, his father a high ranking public servant.

Nov 18, 1985 · FULLERTON, Calif. -- Lon Nol, who led the coup against Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1971 and headed his homeland until it fell to Communist rebels four years later, died Sunday of an...

Nov 18, 1985 · Lon Nol, the former Cambodian president who took power in a coup in 1970 and was overthrown by the repressive Communist Khmer Rouge regime in 1975, died Sunday in Fullerton. He was 72.

Nov 18, 1985 · Lon Nol, the Cambodian general whose pro-American military Government ruled his country for five years until it was overwhelmed by Khmer Rouge forces in 1975, died yesterday at...

Marshal Lon Nol (Khmer: លន់ នល់, also លន់ ណុល; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and military leader. He led a coup against Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970. [1] Nol made himself President of the newly created Khmer Republic. The Khmer Rouge took leadership of Cambodia.

May 29, 2018 · Lon Nol was the president of Cambodia—the country along Vietnam's southwestern border—during the Vietnam War. Cambodia was increasingly drawn into the conflict between Communist North Vietnam and U.S.-supported South Vietnam during his rule.

U.S.-backed General Lon Nol led a coup that toppled King Norodom Sihanouk, before being forced out of the country by the Khmer Rouge in 1975.