Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea

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exiled government government-in-exile political alliance

The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea was an exiled anti-Vietnamese alliance formed in the 1980s that united the Khmer Rouge with royalist and republican factions to oppose the Vietnam-backed government in Cambodia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea canonical	8
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK)	1
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea forces	1
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea in exile	1
Government of Democratic Kampuchea	1
National Government of Cambodia (1990)	1
National Government of Cambodia (Sihanouk–Hun Sen coalition structures leading to State of Cambodia)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1307744 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Context triple: [Cambodian–Vietnamese War, belligerent, Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea]

A. Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam was the communist-led rival government to South Vietnam, established by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam to represent revolutionary forces and later serve as the vehicle for the country's reunification under communist rule.
B. State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council was Myanmar’s former military junta that ruled the country with authoritarian control, suppressing political opposition and civil liberties.
C. National Assembly of Laos
The National Assembly of Laos is the unicameral legislative body of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, responsible for enacting laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.
D. National Assembly of People’s Power
The National Assembly of People’s Power is Cuba’s unicameral national legislature and supreme governing body, responsible for enacting laws and shaping state policy under the country’s socialist system.
E. Government of National Accord
The Government of National Accord was the UN-recognized interim executive authority based in Tripoli that sought to unify Libya’s rival administrations following the 2011 uprising and during the Second Libyan Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Target entity description: The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea was an exiled anti-Vietnamese alliance formed in the 1980s that united the Khmer Rouge with royalist and republican factions to oppose the Vietnam-backed government in Cambodia.

A. Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam was the communist-led rival government to South Vietnam, established by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam to represent revolutionary forces and later serve as the vehicle for the country's reunification under communist rule.
B. State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council was Myanmar’s former military junta that ruled the country with authoritarian control, suppressing political opposition and civil liberties.
C. National Assembly of Laos
The National Assembly of Laos is the unicameral legislative body of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, responsible for enacting laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.
D. National Assembly of People’s Power
The National Assembly of People’s Power is Cuba’s unicameral national legislature and supreme governing body, responsible for enacting laws and shaping state policy under the country’s socialist system.
E. Government of National Accord
The Government of National Accord was the UN-recognized interim executive authority based in Tripoli that sought to unify Libya’s rival administrations following the 2011 uprising and during the Second Libyan Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exiled government ⓘ government-in-exile ⓘ political alliance ⓘ
allianceOf	Khmer Rouge, royalist and republican groups ⓘ
alternativeName	CGDK ⓘ Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea in exile ⓘ linked to: Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
claimedToRepresent	Cambodia ⓘ
country	Cambodia ⓘ
dissolved	1990 ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
foreignMinister	Khim Samphan ⓘ linked to: Khieu Samphan
formedInContextOf	Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia ⓘ
foundedBy	FUNCINPEC ⓘ linked to: FUNCINPEC resistance forces KPNLF ⓘ linked to: Khmer People's National Liberation Front Khmer Rouge ⓘ
goal	end Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia ⓘ overthrow the People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
governmentType	coalition government ⓘ
hasPart	FUNCINPEC ⓘ linked to: FUNCINPEC resistance forces Khmer People's National Liberation Front ⓘ Party of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
headquartersLocation	Bangkok ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
heldUNSeatFor	Cambodia ⓘ
ideology	anti-Vietnamese ⓘ
includesFaction	Khmer Rouge ⓘ republican faction ⓘ royalist faction ⓘ
language	Khmer ⓘ
leader	Prince Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ linked to: Norodom Sihanouk
militaryWing	National Army of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
opposedBy	People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ linked to: Viet Nam
opposedTo	Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia ⓘ linked to: Cambodian–Vietnamese War
partOf	Cambodian–Vietnamese conflict ⓘ linked to: Cambodian–Vietnamese War Cold War ⓘ
precededBy	Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
president	Prince Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ linked to: Norodom Sihanouk
recognizedBy	United Nations ⓘ
replacedBy	National Government of Cambodia ⓘ linked to: Royal Government of Cambodia
startTime	1982 ⓘ
status	in exile ⓘ
supportedBy	ASEAN member states ⓘ China ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
territoryControlled	guerrilla-held border areas of Cambodia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambodian–Vietnamese War → belligerent → Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → alternativeName → Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea in exile ⓘ