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Resignation from Office

Kampuchea · Government / Democratic Kampuchea. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1976Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1976

Norodom Sihanouk2 April 1976

Phnom Penh · Government / Democratic Kampuchea

Resigns as head of state and is placed under Khmer Rouge house arrest

Norodom Sihanouk5 April 1976

Phnom Penh · Government / Democratic Kampuchea

Resigns as head of state before Khieu Samphan assumes the State Presidium

Names involved

Norodom Sihanouk

Provenance

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