Sangkum

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Sangkum was a Cambodian political movement and ruling party led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk that dominated the country’s politics from the mid-1950s until its overthrow in 1970.

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Sangkum canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Popular Socialist Community ⓘ
Sangkum Reastr Niyum ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter 1955 Cambodian general election ⓘ
controlledInstitution Cambodian armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian military

National Assembly of Cambodia ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1970 ⓘ
dominantLeader Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ
economicPolicy mixed economy ⓘ
state-led development ⓘ
endCause establishment of the Khmer Republic ⓘ
endOfRulingPeriod 1970 ⓘ
foreignPolicy neutralism ⓘ
non-alignment ⓘ
founder Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ
governmentTypePromoted constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headquarters Phnom Penh ⓘ
historicalEra Sangkum era ⓘ
ideology Buddhist socialism ⓘ
Khmer nationalism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
inception 1955 ⓘ
leader Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ
mainSupportBase Buddhist clergy ⓘ
rural population of Cambodia ⓘ
mediaControl state-dominated press ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage km ⓘ
opposedBy Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
right-wing republican groups ⓘ
overthrownBy 1970 Cambodian coup d’état ⓘ
politicalPosition big-tent ⓘ
conservative ⓘ
royalist ⓘ
politicalStatus ruling party of Cambodia ⓘ
precededBy Democratic Party (Cambodia) ⓘ
promotedReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
significantEventDuringRule construction of Sihanoukville ⓘ
development of Phnom Penh as capital ⓘ
startOfRulingPeriod 1955 ⓘ
stateIdeologyOf Kingdom of Cambodia (1955–1970) ⓘ
suppressed left-wing opposition ⓘ
republican opposition ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedTitleForLeader Head of State ⓘ

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