The Union of Cambodian Democrats was a political alliance in Cambodia, which was formed by three political parties, one of them being the Khmer Nation Party of Sam Rainsy, Prince Norodom Ranariddh was involved as well. These three political parties called their umbrella group the "Union of Cambodian Democrats".[1] It was created in exile in 1997 after a coup d'etat.[2] The leaders of three political parties which united their leadership and political parties together to create the Union of Cambodian Democrats were Sam Rainsy's Sam Rainsy Party, Son Sann's Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (later led by Son Soubert) and also prince Norodom Ranariddh's FUNCINPEC party. However, from the late 1990s onwards a new political party, the Bou Hel and Ty Chhin's Khmer Neutral Party, became part of the alliance .[3][4][5][6]
Union of Cambodian Democrats | |
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| Leader | Norodom Ranariddh Sam Rainsy Son Soubert |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Merger of | FUNCINPEC Khmer Nation Party Son Sann Party |
| Ideology | Royalism Liberalism Buddhist democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing to Right-wing |
Its goals are democracy, peace and sovereignty of what they consider as being the territories of Cambodia.
References
edit- ^ Crossette, Barbara (September 28, 1997). "Cambodian Leaders in Exile Seek International Monitoring of New Elections". The New York Times.
- ^ "Kem Sokha's Page". Cambodian Information Center.
- ^ Crossette, Barbara (September 28, 1997). "Cambodian Leaders in Exile Seek International Monitoring of New Elections". The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ "Son Sann, 89, Strong Nationalist For Cambodia for Six Decades". The New York Times. December 22, 2000.
- ^ "Political Parties Registration". Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
- ^ "UCD Home Page". Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
External links
edit- Former Union of Cambodian Democrats website at archive.org
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