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1951 in Kampuchea

Explore 9 historical events and records for Kampuchea in 1951.

Historical records for Kampuchea in 1951

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Cercle Marxiste

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Joins a communist cell in a secret organisation known as the Cercle Marxiste which had taken control of the Khmer Students Association (AER) that same year

Chief of Police Appointed

Nol, Lon ยท Phnom Penh ยท Chief of Police ยท Government / French Protectorate of Cambodia

Becomes Chief of Police during the late protectorate period

KCP

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Founded when the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was divided into separate Kampuchean, Lao, and Vietnamese communist parties.

KCP

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Joins a communist cell in a secret organisation known as the Cercle Marxiste which had taken control of the Khmer Students Association (AER) that same year.

KCP

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Pol Pot helps tranform the Khmer Students Association (KSA), to which most of the 200 or so Khmer students in Paris belonged, into an organisation for nationalist and leftist ideas.

Khmer Students Association

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Joins a communist cell in a secret organisation known as the Cercle Marxiste which had taken control of the Khmer Students Association (AER) that same year

KSA

Pot, Pol ยท Member of CCP ยท Politics / Communist Party

Pol Pot helps tranform the Khmer Students Association (KSA), to which most of the 200 or so Khmer students in Paris belonged, into an organisation for nationalist and leftist ideas

Prime Minister of Kampuchea

Kanthoul, Huy ยท Prime Minister of Kampuchea ยท Government / Government of Kampuchea

Appointed Prime Minister of Kampuchea

Prime Minister of Kampuchea

Sun, Oum Chheang ยท Prime Minister of Kampuchea ยท Government / Government of Kampuchea

Appointed Prime Minister of Kampuchea, 1st term

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