1997 clashes in Cambodia
| 1997 clashes in Cambodia | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| CPP |
 FUNCINPEC
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 Khmer Rouge (mostly in the Northern Provinces)
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
| Hun Sen |
Norodom Ranariddh Nhek Bun Chhay Serei Kosal (in Battambang Province) |
Ta Mok | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| Unknown | Around 40 FUNCINPEC officials killed | |||||||
| 100 civilians killed (5-6 July) | ||||||||
PROVINCES:
The 1997 clashes in Cambodia, also referred to as the 1997 coup in Cambodia (especially by critics of Hun Sen), took place in Cambodia in July and August 1997. As a result, co-premier Hun Sen ousted the other co-premier Norodom Ranariddh. Dozens of people were killed during the conflict.
On March 16, 1992, the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), under UNSYG Special Representative Yasushi Akashi and Lt. General John Sanderson, arrived in Cambodia to begin implementation of the UN Settlement Plan, that was concluded as a result of the Paris Peace Accords of 1991. Free elections were held in 1993.
The Khmer Rouge or Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK), whose forces were never actually disarmed or demobilized, barred some people from participating in the 10-15 percent of the country (holding six percent of the population) it then controlled. Altogether, over four million Cambodians (about 90% of eligible voters) participated in the May 1993 elections.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC Party was the top vote recipient with 45.5% vote, followed by Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (ex-communist) and the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (of Son Sann), respectively. Despite the victory, the FUNCINPEC had to enter into coalition talks with the Cambodian People's Party, led by the strong-man Hun Sen, who refused to relinquish power.
After talks, Prince Ranariddh and Hun Sen became First and Second Prime Ministers, respectively, in the Royal Cambodian Government (RCG).
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