Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Coalition Government of Democratic Cambodia (CGDK; composed of three resistance groups deployed along the Thai border); People’s Republic of

Cambodia (PRK, pro-Vietnamese, in Phnom Penh'

Type: CGDK is nationalist coalition of one Communist and two non-Communist factions, PRK is Communist

Capital· Phnom Penh

Political subdivisions: 19 provinces

Legal system-Judicial Committee chosen by People’s Representative Assembly in Democratic Cambodia; no information for PRK

National holiday 17 April for both regimes

Branches: Cabinet, State Presidium, and some form of People’s Representative Assembly in Democratic Cambodia; People’s Revolutionary Council, various ministries, and a “National Congress” held in early 1979 and a second held in September 1979 in PRK

Government leaders: CGDK—Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK, President (since July 1982); SON SANN, Prime Minister (since July 1982); KH1EU SAMPHAN, Vice President (since July 1982); PRK—HENG SAMR1N, President (since January 1979); HUN SEN, Foreign Minister (since January 1979)

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Politico¹ parties and leaders. CGDK—an umbrella organization for three resistance groups including Democratic Kampuchea under Son Sen, Khmer People’s National Liberation Front (KPNLF) under Son Sann, and National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia under Prince Norodom Sihanouk; PRK—Cambodian Peoples Revolutionary Party, the Communist party installed by Vietnam in 1979. and Cambodian United Front for National Construction and Defense i.KUFNCD)

Member of: WB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT ide facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee (inactive), NAM, UN, UNE SCO, UPU, V. FTU,

WHO, WMO, WTO for CGDK. none for

PRK

NOTE: The information regarding Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.